badhiri

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَذَّرَ (baḏḏara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-badhiri (infinitive kubadhiri)

1. to squander
2. to embezzle

Conjugation

Conjugation of -badhiri
Positive present -nabadhiri Subjunctive -badhiri Negative -badhiri Imperative singular badhiri
Infinitives
Positive kubadhiri Negative kutobadhiri
Imperatives
Singular badhiri Plural badhirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hubadhiri Positive past positive subject concord + -libadhiri Negative past negative subject concord + -kubadhiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabadhiri) Singular Plural 1st person ninabadhiri/nabadhiri tunabadhiri 2nd person unabadhiri mnabadhiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabadhiri wanabadhiri other classes positive subject concord + -nabadhiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -badhiri) Singular Plural 1st person sibadhiri hatubadhiri 2nd person hubadhiri hambadhiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habadhiri hawabadhiri other classes negative subject concord + -badhiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabadhiri Negative future negative subject concord + -tabadhiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -badhiri) Singular Plural 1st person nibadhiri tubadhiri 2nd person ubadhiri mbadhiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abadhiri wabadhiri other classes positive subject concord + -badhiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibadhiri Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebadhiri Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebadhiri Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibadhiri Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibadhiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abadhiri) Singular Plural 1st person nabadhiri twabadhiri 2nd person wabadhiri mwabadhiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abadhiri wabadhiri m-mi(III/IV) wabadhiri yabadhiri ji-ma(V/VI) labadhiri yabadhiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabadhiri vyabadhiri n(IX/X) yabadhiri zabadhiri u(XI) wabadhiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabadhiri pa(XVI) pabadhiri mu(XVIII) mwabadhiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebadhiri "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabadhiri "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabadhiri "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibadhiri "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobadhiri Consecutive kabadhiri / positive subject concord + -kabadhiri Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabadhiri
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibadhiri -tubadhiri 2nd person -kubadhiri -wabadhiri/-kubadhirini/-wabadhirini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbadhiri -wabadhiri m-mi(III/IV) -ubadhiri -ibadhiri ji-ma(V/VI) -libadhiri -yabadhiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibadhiri -vibadhiri n(IX/X) -ibadhiri -zibadhiri u(XI) -ubadhiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubadhiri pa(XVI) -pabadhiri mu(XVIII) -mubadhiri Reflexive -jibadhiri
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -badhiri- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -badhiriye -badhirio m-mi(III/IV) -badhirio -badhiriyo ji-ma(V/VI) -badhirilo -badhiriyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -badhiricho -badhirivyo n(IX/X) -badhiriyo -badhirizo u(XI) -badhirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -badhiriko pa(XVI) -badhiripo mu(XVIII) -badhirimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -badhiri) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebadhiri -obadhiri m-mi(III/IV) -obadhiri -yobadhiri ji-ma(V/VI) -lobadhiri -yobadhiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobadhiri -vyobadhiri n(IX/X) -yobadhiri -zobadhiri u(XI) -obadhiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobadhiri pa(XVI) -pobadhiri mu(XVIII) -mobadhiri
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:
  • mbadhiri
  • mbadhirifu
  • ubadhirifu