pigilia

Swahili

Etymology

From -piga (“to hit”) + -ilia.

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pigilia (infinitive kupigilia)

1. to pound down

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pigilia
Positive present -napigilia Subjunctive -pigilie Negative -pigilii Imperative singular pigilia
Infinitives
Positive kupigilia Negative kutopigilia
Imperatives
Singular pigilia Plural pigilieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupigilia Positive past positive subject concord + -lipigilia Negative past negative subject concord + -kupigilia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napigilia) Singular Plural 1st person ninapigilia/napigilia tunapigilia 2nd person unapigilia mnapigilia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapigilia wanapigilia other classes positive subject concord + -napigilia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pigilii) Singular Plural 1st person sipigilii hatupigilii 2nd person hupigilii hampigilii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapigilii hawapigilii other classes negative subject concord + -pigilii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapigilia Negative future negative subject concord + -tapigilia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pigilie) Singular Plural 1st person nipigilie tupigilie 2nd person upigilie mpigilie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigilie wapigilie other classes positive subject concord + -pigilie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipigilie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepigilia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepigilia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipigilia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipigilia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apigilia) Singular Plural 1st person napigilia twapigilia 2nd person wapigilia mwapigilia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigilia wapigilia m-mi(III/IV) wapigilia yapigilia ji-ma(V/VI) lapigilia yapigilia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapigilia vyapigilia n(IX/X) yapigilia zapigilia u(XI) wapigilia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapigilia pa(XVI) papigilia mu(XVIII) mwapigilia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepigilia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapigilia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japigilia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipigilia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopigilia Consecutive kapigilia / positive subject concord + -kapigilia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapigilie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipigilia -tupigilia 2nd person -kupigilia -wapigilia/-kupigilieni/-wapigilieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpigilia -wapigilia m-mi(III/IV) -upigilia -ipigilia ji-ma(V/VI) -lipigilia -yapigilia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipigilia -vipigilia n(IX/X) -ipigilia -zipigilia u(XI) -upigilia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupigilia pa(XVI) -papigilia mu(XVIII) -mupigilia Reflexive -jipigilia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pigilia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pigiliaye -pigiliao m-mi(III/IV) -pigiliao -pigiliayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pigilialo -pigiliayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pigiliacho -pigiliavyo n(IX/X) -pigiliayo -pigiliazo u(XI) -pigiliao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pigiliako pa(XVI) -pigiliapo mu(XVIII) -pigiliamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pigilia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepigilia -opigilia m-mi(III/IV) -opigilia -yopigilia ji-ma(V/VI) -lopigilia -yopigilia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopigilia -vyopigilia n(IX/X) -yopigilia -zopigilia u(XI) -opigilia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopigilia pa(XVI) -popigilia mu(XVIII) -mopigilia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.