abiri

Latin

Verb

abīrī

1. present passive infinitive of abeō

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic عَبَرَ (ʕabara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɓiri/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-abiri (infinitive kuabiri)

1. to cross (a place), travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of -abiri
Positive present -naabiri Subjunctive -abiri Negative -abiri Imperative singular abiri
Infinitives
Positive kuabiri Negative kutoabiri
Imperatives
Singular abiri Plural abirini
Tensed forms
Habitual huabiri Positive past positive subject concord + -liabiri Negative past negative subject concord + -kuabiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naabiri) Singular Plural 1st person ninaabiri/naabiri tunaabiri 2nd person unaabiri mnaabiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaabiri wanaabiri other classes positive subject concord + -naabiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -abiri) Singular Plural 1st person siabiri hatuabiri 2nd person huabiri hamwabiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haabiri hawaabiri other classes negative subject concord + -abiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -taabiri Negative future negative subject concord + -taabiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -abiri) Singular Plural 1st person niabiri tuabiri 2nd person uabiri mwabiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aabiri waabiri other classes positive subject concord + -abiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siabiri Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeabiri Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeabiri Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliabiri Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliabiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aabiri) Singular Plural 1st person naabiri twaabiri 2nd person waabiri mwaabiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aabiri waabiri m-mi(III/IV) waabiri yaabiri ji-ma(V/VI) laabiri yaabiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaabiri vyaabiri n(IX/X) yaabiri zaabiri u(XI) waabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaabiri pa(XVI) paabiri mu(XVIII) mwaabiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -meabiri "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaabiri "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaabiri "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiabiri "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoabiri Consecutive kaabiri / positive subject concord + -kaabiri Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaabiri
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niabiri -tuabiri 2nd person -kuabiri -waabiri/-kuabirini/-waabirini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwabiri -waabiri m-mi(III/IV) -uabiri -iabiri ji-ma(V/VI) -liabiri -yaabiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiabiri -viabiri n(IX/X) -iabiri -ziabiri u(XI) -uabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuabiri pa(XVI) -paabiri mu(XVIII) -muabiri Reflexive -jiabiri
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -abiri- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -abiriye -abirio m-mi(III/IV) -abirio -abiriyo ji-ma(V/VI) -abirilo -abiriyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -abiricho -abirivyo n(IX/X) -abiriyo -abirizo u(XI) -abirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -abiriko pa(XVI) -abiripo mu(XVIII) -abirimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -abiri) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeabiri -oabiri m-mi(III/IV) -oabiri -yoabiri ji-ma(V/VI) -loabiri -yoabiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choabiri -vyoabiri n(IX/X) -yoabiri -zoabiri u(XI) -oabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koabiri pa(XVI) -poabiri mu(XVIII) -moabiri
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:
  • abiria

Further reading

• abiri in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press

Tooro

Tooro numbers ^(edit)

		200[a], [b]
←  10	←  19	20	21  →	30  → [a], [b]
		2[a], [b]
Cardinal: makumi abiri, abiri     Ordinal: -a makumi abiri

Etymology

Sense 2 is a clipping of makumi abiri (“twenty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːβíɾi/

Numeral

abiri

1. class 6 form of -biri (“two”)
2. twenty

Usage notes

• Sense 2 (twenty) cannot not used when a class 6 noun precedes it, in which case it means "two". makumi abiri is used instead.

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabɪɾɪ/

Noun

abiri

1. lips

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad