From abu + du ( “ two ” ) .
abudu
both
Borrowed from Arabic عَبَدَ ( ʕabada ) .[ 1]
-abudu (infinitive kuabudu )
to worship ; fear ; pray
Conjugation of -abudu
Positive present
-na abudu
Subjunctive
-abudu
Negative
-abudu
Imperative singular
abudu
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huabudu
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li abudu
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku abudu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na abudu)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni naabudu/na abudu
tu naabudu
2nd person
u naabudu
m naabudu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a naabudu
wa naabudu
other classes
positive subject concord + -na abudu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -abudu )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si abudu
hatu abudu
2nd person
hu abudu
hamw abudu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha abudu
hawa abudu
other classes
negative subject concord + -abudu
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta abudu
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta abudu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -abudu )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni abudu
tu abudu
2nd person
u abudu
mw abudu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a abudu
wa abudu
other classes
positive subject concord + -abudu
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si abudu
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge abudu
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe abudu
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali abudu
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali abudu
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me abudu
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha abudu
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja abudu
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki abudu
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo abudu
Consecutive
kaabudu / positive subject concord + -ka abudu
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka abudu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145 ), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 198 Nr. 1769
abudu in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press