Inherited from Latin novella.
nuia f (plural nuiele)
- stick, rod, twig
Borrowed from Arabic نَوَى (nawā).
-nuia (infinitive kunuia)
- to intend, resolve
- to consider, have in mind
Conjugation of -nuia
|
Positive present
|
-nanuia
|
Subjunctive
|
-nuie
|
Negative
|
-nuii
|
Imperative singular
|
nuia
|
|
Infinitives
|
|
Imperatives
|
|
Tensed forms
|
Habitual
|
hunuia
|
Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -linuia
|
Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kunuia
|
|
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanuia)
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
1st person
|
ninanuia/nanuia
|
tunanuia
|
2nd person
|
unanuia
|
mnanuia
|
3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
ananuia
|
wananuia
|
other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nanuia
|
|
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nuii)
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
1st person
|
sinuii
|
hatunuii
|
2nd person
|
hunuii
|
hamnuii
|
3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hanuii
|
hawanuii
|
other classes
|
negative subject concord + -nuii
|
|
Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tanuia
|
Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tanuia
|
|
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nuie)
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
1st person
|
ninuie
|
tunuie
|
2nd person
|
unuie
|
mnuie
|
3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anuie
|
wanuie
|
other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nuie
|
|
Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sinuie
|
Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngenuia
|
Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singenuia
|
Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalinuia
|
Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalinuia
|
|
|
Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -menuia
|
"Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshanuia
|
"Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -januia
|
"If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kinuia
|
"If not"
|
positive subject concord + -siponuia
|
Consecutive
|
kanuia / positive subject concord + -kanuia
|
Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kanuie
|
|
|
|
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
|