abudiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-abudiwa (infinitive kuabudiwa)

1. Passive form of -abudu

Conjugation

Conjugation of -abudiwa
Positive present -naabudiwa Subjunctive -abudiwe Negative -abudiwi Imperative singular abudiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuabudiwa Negative kutoabudiwa
Imperatives
Singular abudiwa Plural abudiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huabudiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -liabudiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuabudiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naabudiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaabudiwa/naabudiwa tunaabudiwa 2nd person unaabudiwa mnaabudiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaabudiwa wanaabudiwa other classes positive subject concord + -naabudiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -abudiwi) Singular Plural 1st person siabudiwi hatuabudiwi 2nd person huabudiwi hamwabudiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haabudiwi hawaabudiwi other classes negative subject concord + -abudiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taabudiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -taabudiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -abudiwe) Singular Plural 1st person niabudiwe tuabudiwe 2nd person uabudiwe mwabudiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aabudiwe waabudiwe other classes positive subject concord + -abudiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siabudiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeabudiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeabudiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliabudiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliabudiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aabudiwa) Singular Plural 1st person naabudiwa twaabudiwa 2nd person waabudiwa mwaabudiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aabudiwa waabudiwa m-mi(III/IV) waabudiwa yaabudiwa ji-ma(V/VI) laabudiwa yaabudiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaabudiwa vyaabudiwa n(IX/X) yaabudiwa zaabudiwa u(XI) waabudiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaabudiwa pa(XVI) paabudiwa mu(XVIII) mwaabudiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meabudiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaabudiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaabudiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiabudiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoabudiwa Consecutive kaabudiwa / positive subject concord + -kaabudiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaabudiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niabudiwa -tuabudiwa 2nd person -kuabudiwa -waabudiwa/-kuabudiweni/-waabudiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwabudiwa -waabudiwa m-mi(III/IV) -uabudiwa -iabudiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -liabudiwa -yaabudiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiabudiwa -viabudiwa n(IX/X) -iabudiwa -ziabudiwa u(XI) -uabudiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuabudiwa pa(XVI) -paabudiwa mu(XVIII) -muabudiwa Reflexive -jiabudiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -abudiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -abudiwaye -abudiwao m-mi(III/IV) -abudiwao -abudiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -abudiwalo -abudiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -abudiwacho -abudiwavyo n(IX/X) -abudiwayo -abudiwazo u(XI) -abudiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -abudiwako pa(XVI) -abudiwapo mu(XVIII) -abudiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -abudiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeabudiwa -oabudiwa m-mi(III/IV) -oabudiwa -yoabudiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -loabudiwa -yoabudiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choabudiwa -vyoabudiwa n(IX/X) -yoabudiwa -zoabudiwa u(XI) -oabudiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koabudiwa pa(XVI) -poabudiwa mu(XVIII) -moabudiwa
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:
  • uabudiwaji (“workship, cult”)