From Arabic اِسْتَعْرَبَ ( istaʕraba , “ to adopt Arab customs ” ) .[ 1]
staarabu (invariable )
civilized , cultivated
wise
-staarabu (infinitive kustaarabu )
to be civilized , be polite and well-mannered
Conjugation of -staarabu
Positive present
-na staarabu
Subjunctive
-staarabu
Negative
-staarabu
Imperative singular
staarabu
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hustaarabu
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li staarabu
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku staarabu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na staarabu)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nastaarabu/na staarabu
tu nastaarabu
2nd person
u nastaarabu
m nastaarabu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nastaarabu
wa nastaarabu
other classes
positive subject concord + -na staarabu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -staarabu )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si staarabu
hatu staarabu
2nd person
hu staarabu
ham staarabu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha staarabu
hawa staarabu
other classes
negative subject concord + -staarabu
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta staarabu
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta staarabu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -staarabu )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni staarabu
tu staarabu
2nd person
u staarabu
m staarabu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a staarabu
wa staarabu
other classes
positive subject concord + -staarabu
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si staarabu
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge staarabu
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe staarabu
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali staarabu
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali staarabu
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me staarabu
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha staarabu
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja staarabu
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki staarabu
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo staarabu
Consecutive
kastaarabu / positive subject concord + -ka staarabu
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka staarabu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145 ), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 203 Nr. 1826