asilisha

Swahili

Etymology

From asili (“origin”) +‎ -isha (causative affix).

Verb

-asilisha (infinitive kuasilisha)

1. to adopt (of a child)

   Synonym: -panga

Conjugation

Conjugation of -asilisha
Positive present -naasilisha Subjunctive -asilishe Negative -asilishi Imperative singular asilisha
Infinitives
Positive kuasilisha Negative kutoasilisha
Imperatives
Singular asilisha Plural asilisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huasilisha Positive past positive subject concord + -liasilisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuasilisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naasilisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninaasilisha/naasilisha tunaasilisha 2nd person unaasilisha mnaasilisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaasilisha wanaasilisha other classes positive subject concord + -naasilisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -asilishi) Singular Plural 1st person siasilishi hatuasilishi 2nd person huasilishi hamwasilishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haasilishi hawaasilishi other classes negative subject concord + -asilishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taasilisha Negative future negative subject concord + -taasilisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -asilishe) Singular Plural 1st person niasilishe tuasilishe 2nd person uasilishe mwasilishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aasilishe waasilishe other classes positive subject concord + -asilishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siasilishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeasilisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeasilisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliasilisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliasilisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aasilisha) Singular Plural 1st person naasilisha twaasilisha 2nd person waasilisha mwaasilisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aasilisha waasilisha m-mi(III/IV) waasilisha yaasilisha ji-ma(V/VI) laasilisha yaasilisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaasilisha vyaasilisha n(IX/X) yaasilisha zaasilisha u(XI) waasilisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaasilisha pa(XVI) paasilisha mu(XVIII) mwaasilisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -measilisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaasilisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaasilisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiasilisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoasilisha Consecutive kaasilisha / positive subject concord + -kaasilisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaasilishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niasilisha -tuasilisha 2nd person -kuasilisha -waasilisha/-kuasilisheni/-waasilisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwasilisha -waasilisha m-mi(III/IV) -uasilisha -iasilisha ji-ma(V/VI) -liasilisha -yaasilisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiasilisha -viasilisha n(IX/X) -iasilisha -ziasilisha u(XI) -uasilisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuasilisha pa(XVI) -paasilisha mu(XVIII) -muasilisha Reflexive -jiasilisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -asilisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -asilishaye -asilishao m-mi(III/IV) -asilishao -asilishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -asilishalo -asilishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -asilishacho -asilishavyo n(IX/X) -asilishayo -asilishazo u(XI) -asilishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -asilishako pa(XVI) -asilishapo mu(XVIII) -asilishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -asilisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeasilisha -oasilisha m-mi(III/IV) -oasilisha -yoasilisha ji-ma(V/VI) -loasilisha -yoasilisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choasilisha -vyoasilisha n(IX/X) -yoasilisha -zoasilisha u(XI) -oasilisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koasilisha pa(XVI) -poasilisha mu(XVIII) -moasilisha
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:
  • uasilishaji (“adoption”)