chumbia

Swahili

Etymology

An applicative derivation of chumba (“room”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chumbia (infinitive kuchumbia)

1. to court, to date

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chumbia
Positive present -nachumbia Subjunctive -chumbie Negative -chumbii Imperative singular chumbia
Infinitives
Positive kuchumbia Negative kutochumbia
Imperatives
Singular chumbia Plural chumbieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchumbia Positive past positive subject concord + -lichumbia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchumbia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachumbia) Singular Plural 1st person ninachumbia/nachumbia tunachumbia 2nd person unachumbia mnachumbia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachumbia wanachumbia other classes positive subject concord + -nachumbia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chumbii) Singular Plural 1st person sichumbii hatuchumbii 2nd person huchumbii hamchumbii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachumbii hawachumbii other classes negative subject concord + -chumbii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachumbia Negative future negative subject concord + -tachumbia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chumbie) Singular Plural 1st person nichumbie tuchumbie 2nd person uchumbie mchumbie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achumbie wachumbie other classes positive subject concord + -chumbie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichumbie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechumbia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechumbia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichumbia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichumbia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achumbia) Singular Plural 1st person nachumbia twachumbia 2nd person wachumbia mwachumbia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achumbia wachumbia m-mi(III/IV) wachumbia yachumbia ji-ma(V/VI) lachumbia yachumbia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachumbia vyachumbia n(IX/X) yachumbia zachumbia u(XI) wachumbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachumbia pa(XVI) pachumbia mu(XVIII) mwachumbia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechumbia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachumbia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachumbia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichumbia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochumbia Consecutive kachumbia / positive subject concord + -kachumbia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachumbie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichumbia -tuchumbia 2nd person -kuchumbia -wachumbia/-kuchumbieni/-wachumbieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchumbia -wachumbia m-mi(III/IV) -uchumbia -ichumbia ji-ma(V/VI) -lichumbia -yachumbia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichumbia -vichumbia n(IX/X) -ichumbia -zichumbia u(XI) -uchumbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchumbia pa(XVI) -pachumbia mu(XVIII) -muchumbia Reflexive -jichumbia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chumbia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chumbiaye -chumbiao m-mi(III/IV) -chumbiao -chumbiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chumbialo -chumbiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chumbiacho -chumbiavyo n(IX/X) -chumbiayo -chumbiazo u(XI) -chumbiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chumbiako pa(XVI) -chumbiapo mu(XVIII) -chumbiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chumbia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechumbia -ochumbia m-mi(III/IV) -ochumbia -yochumbia ji-ma(V/VI) -lochumbia -yochumbia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochumbia -vyochumbia n(IX/X) -yochumbia -zochumbia u(XI) -ochumbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochumbia pa(XVI) -pochumbia mu(XVIII) -mochumbia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Reciprocal: -chumbiana