tatua

See also: tatuá, tatúa, tatuà, and tatuă

Catalan

Verb

tatua

1. inflection of tatuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

tatua

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of tatuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.tu.a/
• Rhymes: -atua
• Hyphenation: tà‧tu‧a

Verb

tatua

1. inflection of tatuare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• attua

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈtu.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈtu.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈtu.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈtu.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: ta‧tu‧a

Verb

tatua

1. inflection of tatuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tatouer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tatuˈa]

Verb

a tatua (third-person singular present tatuează, past participle tatuat) 1st conjugation

1. to tattoo

   M-a tatuat ieri.

   He tattooed me yesterday.

2. (reflexive) to be tattooed

Conjugation

    conjugation of tatua (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a tatua
gerund			tatuând
past participle			tatuat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	tatuez	tatuezi	tatuează	tatuăm	tatuați	tatuează
	imperfect	tatuam	tatuai	tatua	tatuam	tatuați	tatuau
	simple perfect	tatuai	tatuași	tatuă	tatuarăm	tatuarăți	tatuară
	pluperfect	tatuasem	tatuaseși	tatuase	tatuaserăm	tatuaserăți	tatuaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să tatuez	să tatuezi	să tatueze	să tatuăm	să tatuați	să tatueze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		tatuează			tatuați
	negative		nu tatua			nu tatuați

Related terms

• tatuaj

Swahili

Etymology

A conflation of two different verbs:

• Proto-Sabaki *-tatula (“to untangle”), from Proto-Bantu *-tátʊda. By surface analysis -tata (“tangle”) +‎ -ua (converse affix). This is cognate with Ndzwani Comorian -tratrua and Chimwiini -tatuɫa.
• Proto-Sabaki *-cancua (“to resolve, to unravel”), inherited through a Northern dialect. This is cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tsantsua.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-tatua (infinitive kutatua)

1. Conversive form of -tata: to untangle, disentangle
2. to solve

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tatua
Positive present -natatua Subjunctive -tatue Negative -tatui Imperative singular tatua
Infinitives
Positive kutatua Negative kutotatua
Imperatives
Singular tatua Plural tatueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutatua Positive past positive subject concord + -litatua Negative past negative subject concord + -kutatua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natatua) Singular Plural 1st person ninatatua/natatua tunatatua 2nd person unatatua mnatatua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatatua wanatatua other classes positive subject concord + -natatua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tatui) Singular Plural 1st person sitatui hatutatui 2nd person hutatui hamtatui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatatui hawatatui other classes negative subject concord + -tatui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatatua Negative future negative subject concord + -tatatua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tatue) Singular Plural 1st person nitatue tutatue 2nd person utatue mtatue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atatue watatue other classes positive subject concord + -tatue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitatue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetatua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetatua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitatua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitatua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atatua) Singular Plural 1st person natatua twatatua 2nd person watatua mwatatua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atatua watatua m-mi(III/IV) watatua yatatua ji-ma(V/VI) latatua yatatua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatatua vyatatua n(IX/X) yatatua zatatua u(XI) watatua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatatua pa(XVI) patatua mu(XVIII) mwatatua
Perfect positive subject concord + -metatua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatatua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatatua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitatua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotatua Consecutive katatua / positive subject concord + -katatua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katatue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitatua -tutatua 2nd person -kutatua -watatua/-kutatueni/-watatueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtatua -watatua m-mi(III/IV) -utatua -itatua ji-ma(V/VI) -litatua -yatatua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitatua -vitatua n(IX/X) -itatua -zitatua u(XI) -utatua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutatua pa(XVI) -patatua mu(XVIII) -mutatua Reflexive -jitatua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tatua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tatuaye -tatuao m-mi(III/IV) -tatuao -tatuayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tatualo -tatuayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tatuacho -tatuavyo n(IX/X) -tatuayo -tatuazo u(XI) -tatuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tatuako pa(XVI) -tatuapo mu(XVIII) -tatuamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tatua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetatua -otatua m-mi(III/IV) -otatua -yotatua ji-ma(V/VI) -lotatua -yotatua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotatua -vyotatua n(IX/X) -yotatua -zotatua u(XI) -otatua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotatua pa(XVI) -potatua mu(XVIII) -motatua
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:
  • utatuzi