tafsiri

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tàf.síː.rìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tàɸ.síː.rìː]

Noun

tàfsīr̃ī̀ m (possessed form tàfsīr̃ìn)

1. interpretation or commentary on the Qur'an

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “explanation, commentary”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tafsiri (n class, plural tafsiri)

1. translation
2. interpretation, explanation

Verb

-tafsiri (infinitive kutafsiri)

1. to translate
2. to explain

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tafsiri
Positive present -natafsiri Subjunctive -tafsiri Negative -tafsiri Imperative singular tafsiri
Infinitives
Positive kutafsiri Negative kutotafsiri
Imperatives
Singular tafsiri Plural tafsirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutafsiri Positive past positive subject concord + -litafsiri Negative past negative subject concord + -kutafsiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natafsiri) Singular Plural 1st person ninatafsiri/natafsiri tunatafsiri 2nd person unatafsiri mnatafsiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatafsiri wanatafsiri other classes positive subject concord + -natafsiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tafsiri) Singular Plural 1st person sitafsiri hatutafsiri 2nd person hutafsiri hamtafsiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatafsiri hawatafsiri other classes negative subject concord + -tafsiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatafsiri Negative future negative subject concord + -tatafsiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tafsiri) Singular Plural 1st person nitafsiri tutafsiri 2nd person utafsiri mtafsiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafsiri watafsiri other classes positive subject concord + -tafsiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitafsiri Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetafsiri Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetafsiri Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitafsiri Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitafsiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atafsiri) Singular Plural 1st person natafsiri twatafsiri 2nd person watafsiri mwatafsiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafsiri watafsiri m-mi(III/IV) watafsiri yatafsiri ji-ma(V/VI) latafsiri yatafsiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatafsiri vyatafsiri n(IX/X) yatafsiri zatafsiri u(XI) watafsiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatafsiri pa(XVI) patafsiri mu(XVIII) mwatafsiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -metafsiri "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatafsiri "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatafsiri "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitafsiri "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotafsiri Consecutive katafsiri / positive subject concord + -katafsiri Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katafsiri
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitafsiri -tutafsiri 2nd person -kutafsiri -watafsiri/-kutafsirini/-watafsirini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtafsiri -watafsiri m-mi(III/IV) -utafsiri -itafsiri ji-ma(V/VI) -litafsiri -yatafsiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitafsiri -vitafsiri n(IX/X) -itafsiri -zitafsiri u(XI) -utafsiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutafsiri pa(XVI) -patafsiri mu(XVIII) -mutafsiri Reflexive -jitafsiri
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafsiri- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tafsiriye -tafsirio m-mi(III/IV) -tafsirio -tafsiriyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tafsirilo -tafsiriyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tafsiricho -tafsirivyo n(IX/X) -tafsiriyo -tafsirizo u(XI) -tafsirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tafsiriko pa(XVI) -tafsiripo mu(XVIII) -tafsirimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafsiri) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetafsiri -otafsiri m-mi(III/IV) -otafsiri -yotafsiri ji-ma(V/VI) -lotafsiri -yotafsiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotafsiri -vyotafsiri n(IX/X) -yotafsiri -zotafsiri u(XI) -otafsiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotafsiri pa(XVI) -potafsiri mu(XVIII) -motafsiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtafsiri

Related terms

• -fasiri

References

• Mpemba, Titus (2015) “On Defining Interpreting and Translation: An Ordinary Language and Terminological Analysis of the Current Meanings of Kiswahili Terms Ukalimani and Tafsiri”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education‎^[1], volume 9, number 1, pages 37-59