shuka

See also: Shuka

English

Etymology

From Swahili shuka.

Noun

shuka (plural shukas)

1. A sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
   • 2020, Donna Pido, quotee, edited by Jennifer Harris, A Companion to Textile Culture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 155:

     I don't know when the change to un-greased shukas took place, but images of Maasai in the 50s show some wearing loose, ungreased shukas—maybe earlier than that. Even now, some are greased and others not. “Cotton” shukas were worn up until the mid‐90s when the manufacturers switched to a woolly textured synthetic—probably acrylic.

Anagrams

• Husak, Ushak, shaku

Albanian

Noun

shuka

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of shuk

Verb

shuka

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of shuk

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃúː.kàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃúː.kàː]

Noun

shūkā̀ f (plural shū̀ke shū̀ke, possessed form shūkàr̃)

1. plants, crops

Verb

shūkā̀ (grade 1)

1. to sow, to plant

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-shuka (infinitive kushuka)

1. to descend; disembark
2. to be depressed; be humiliated, be humbled

Conjugation

Conjugation of -shuka
Positive present -nashuka Subjunctive -shuke Negative -shuki Imperative singular shuka
Infinitives
Positive kushuka Negative kutoshuka
Imperatives
Singular shuka Plural shukeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hushuka Positive past positive subject concord + -lishuka Negative past negative subject concord + -kushuka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nashuka) Singular Plural 1st person ninashuka/nashuka tunashuka 2nd person unashuka mnashuka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anashuka wanashuka other classes positive subject concord + -nashuka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -shuki) Singular Plural 1st person sishuki hatushuki 2nd person hushuki hamshuki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hashuki hawashuki other classes negative subject concord + -shuki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tashuka Negative future negative subject concord + -tashuka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -shuke) Singular Plural 1st person nishuke tushuke 2nd person ushuke mshuke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ashuke washuke other classes positive subject concord + -shuke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sishuke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeshuka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeshuka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalishuka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalishuka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ashuka) Singular Plural 1st person nashuka twashuka 2nd person washuka mwashuka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ashuka washuka m-mi(III/IV) washuka yashuka ji-ma(V/VI) lashuka yashuka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chashuka vyashuka n(IX/X) yashuka zashuka u(XI) washuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwashuka pa(XVI) pashuka mu(XVIII) mwashuka
Perfect positive subject concord + -meshuka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshashuka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jashuka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kishuka "If not" positive subject concord + -siposhuka Consecutive kashuka / positive subject concord + -kashuka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kashuke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nishuka -tushuka 2nd person -kushuka -washuka/-kushukeni/-washukeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mshuka -washuka m-mi(III/IV) -ushuka -ishuka ji-ma(V/VI) -lishuka -yashuka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kishuka -vishuka n(IX/X) -ishuka -zishuka u(XI) -ushuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kushuka pa(XVI) -pashuka mu(XVIII) -mushuka Reflexive -jishuka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -shuka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -shukaye -shukao m-mi(III/IV) -shukao -shukayo ji-ma(V/VI) -shukalo -shukayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -shukacho -shukavyo n(IX/X) -shukayo -shukazo u(XI) -shukao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -shukako pa(XVI) -shukapo mu(XVIII) -shukamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -shuka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeshuka -oshuka m-mi(III/IV) -oshuka -yoshuka ji-ma(V/VI) -loshuka -yoshuka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choshuka -vyoshuka n(IX/X) -yoshuka -zoshuka u(XI) -oshuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koshuka pa(XVI) -poshuka mu(XVIII) -moshuka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -shukia
  • Causative: -shukisha
  • Passive: -shukwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • ushukaji

Noun

shuka class V or IX (plural mashuka class VI or shuka class X)

1. sash, loincloth (length of cloth used as clothing)
2. bedsheet

Usage notes

Ji-ma class_(V/VI) inflection is generally reserved for a longer length of cloth, and always used for bedsheets.