toboa

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Verb

-toboa (infinitive kutoboa)

1. to drill, puncture, bore
2. to reveal

Conjugation

Conjugation of -toboa
Positive present -natoboa Subjunctive -toboe Negative -toboi Imperative singular toboa
Infinitives
Positive kutoboa Negative kutotoboa
Imperatives
Singular toboa Plural toboeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutoboa Positive past positive subject concord + -litoboa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutoboa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natoboa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatoboa/natoboa tunatoboa 2nd person unatoboa mnatoboa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatoboa wanatoboa other classes positive subject concord + -natoboa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -toboi) Singular Plural 1st person sitoboi hatutoboi 2nd person hutoboi hamtoboi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatoboi hawatoboi other classes negative subject concord + -toboi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatoboa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatoboa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -toboe) Singular Plural 1st person nitoboe tutoboe 2nd person utoboe mtoboe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atoboe watoboe other classes positive subject concord + -toboe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitoboe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetoboa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetoboa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitoboa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitoboa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atoboa) Singular Plural 1st person natoboa twatoboa 2nd person watoboa mwatoboa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atoboa watoboa m-mi(III/IV) watoboa yatoboa ji-ma(V/VI) latoboa yatoboa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatoboa vyatoboa n(IX/X) yatoboa zatoboa u(XI) watoboa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatoboa pa(XVI) patoboa mu(XVIII) mwatoboa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metoboa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatoboa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatoboa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitoboa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotoboa Consecutive katoboa / positive subject concord + -katoboa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katoboe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitoboa -tutoboa 2nd person -kutoboa -watoboa/-kutoboeni/-watoboeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtoboa -watoboa m-mi(III/IV) -utoboa -itoboa ji-ma(V/VI) -litoboa -yatoboa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitoboa -vitoboa n(IX/X) -itoboa -zitoboa u(XI) -utoboa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutoboa pa(XVI) -patoboa mu(XVIII) -mutoboa Reflexive -jitoboa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -toboa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -toboaye -toboao m-mi(III/IV) -toboao -toboayo ji-ma(V/VI) -toboalo -toboayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -toboacho -toboavyo n(IX/X) -toboayo -toboazo u(XI) -toboao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -toboako pa(XVI) -toboapo mu(XVIII) -toboamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -toboa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetoboa -otoboa m-mi(III/IV) -otoboa -yotoboa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotoboa -yotoboa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotoboa -vyotoboa n(IX/X) -yotoboa -zotoboa u(XI) -otoboa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotoboa pa(XVI) -potoboa mu(XVIII) -motoboa
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:
  • Stative: -toboka (“to have a hole”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • tobo (“hole”)
  • utoboaji