tahayari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَحَيَّرَ (taḥayyara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tahayari (infinitive kutahayari)

1. to be ashamed
2. to be perplexed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tahayari
Positive present -natahayari Subjunctive -tahayari Negative -tahayari Imperative singular tahayari
Infinitives
Positive kutahayari Negative kutotahayari
Imperatives
Singular tahayari Plural tahayarini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutahayari Positive past positive subject concord + -litahayari Negative past negative subject concord + -kutahayari
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natahayari) Singular Plural 1st person ninatahayari/natahayari tunatahayari 2nd person unatahayari mnatahayari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatahayari wanatahayari other classes positive subject concord + -natahayari
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tahayari) Singular Plural 1st person sitahayari hatutahayari 2nd person hutahayari hamtahayari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatahayari hawatahayari other classes negative subject concord + -tahayari
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatahayari Negative future negative subject concord + -tatahayari
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tahayari) Singular Plural 1st person nitahayari tutahayari 2nd person utahayari mtahayari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atahayari watahayari other classes positive subject concord + -tahayari
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitahayari Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetahayari Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetahayari Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitahayari Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitahayari
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atahayari) Singular Plural 1st person natahayari twatahayari 2nd person watahayari mwatahayari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atahayari watahayari m-mi(III/IV) watahayari yatahayari ji-ma(V/VI) latahayari yatahayari ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatahayari vyatahayari n(IX/X) yatahayari zatahayari u(XI) watahayari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatahayari pa(XVI) patahayari mu(XVIII) mwatahayari
Perfect positive subject concord + -metahayari "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatahayari "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatahayari "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitahayari "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotahayari Consecutive katahayari / positive subject concord + -katahayari Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katahayari
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitahayari -tutahayari 2nd person -kutahayari -watahayari/-kutahayarini/-watahayarini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtahayari -watahayari m-mi(III/IV) -utahayari -itahayari ji-ma(V/VI) -litahayari -yatahayari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitahayari -vitahayari n(IX/X) -itahayari -zitahayari u(XI) -utahayari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutahayari pa(XVI) -patahayari mu(XVIII) -mutahayari Reflexive -jitahayari
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tahayari- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tahayariye -tahayario m-mi(III/IV) -tahayario -tahayariyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tahayarilo -tahayariyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tahayaricho -tahayarivyo n(IX/X) -tahayariyo -tahayarizo u(XI) -tahayario see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tahayariko pa(XVI) -tahayaripo mu(XVIII) -tahayarimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tahayari) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetahayari -otahayari m-mi(III/IV) -otahayari -yotahayari ji-ma(V/VI) -lotahayari -yotahayari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotahayari -vyotahayari n(IX/X) -yotahayari -zotahayari u(XI) -otahayari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotahayari pa(XVI) -potahayari mu(XVIII) -motahayari
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: -tahayaria
  • Causative: -tahayarisha
  • Stative: -tahayarika

Related terms

• tahayuri (“shame”)