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enga
to untie
enga
inflection of enginn ( “ no one/nothing; none; no ... ” ) :
accusative feminine singular
accusative masculine plural
enga
to live , to stay , to dwell
Allahverdi Verdizade (2019 ) “enga”, in Lamboya word list [1] , Leiden: LexiRumah
enga m or f
definite feminine singular of eng
enga f
definite singular of eng
enga
accusative feminine singular of engi
accusative masculine plural of engi
Compare Taparita enda .
enga
one
-enga (infinitive kuenga )
to slice up
to watch
18th century , Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi [2] , translation from R. Allen (1946 ) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies , volume 5, number 4, →DOI , pages 243–249 , stanza 15 :اَوُ اِغَ فُمْبِ لَمُوَاعَزَ ، وَقَتِ وَيُوَ لِكِتُپُوْزَ Au enga vumbi la-muangaza, waqati wa-yua likitupuza; Or when the sun shines, see the mote in its ray
Conjugation of -enga
Positive present
-na enga
Subjunctive
-enge
Negative
-engi
Imperative singular
enga
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huenga
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li enga
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku enga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na enga)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni naenga/na enga
tu naenga
2nd person
u naenga
m naenga
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a naenga
wa naenga
other classes
positive subject concord + -na enga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -engi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si engi
hatu engi
2nd person
hu engi
hamw engi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha engi
hawa engi
other classes
negative subject concord + -engi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta enga
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta enga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -enge )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni enge
tu enge
2nd person
u enge
mw enge
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a enge
wa enge
other classes
positive subject concord + -enge
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si enge
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge enga
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe enga
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali enga
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali enga
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me enga
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha enga
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja enga
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki enga
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo enga
Consecutive
kaenga / positive subject concord + -ka enga
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka enge
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
From Proto-Polynesian *renga , from Proto-Oceanic *renga . Cognate with Hawaiian lena , Tahitian re'a , Samoan lega and Maori rengarenga ( “ Arthropodium cirratum ” ) .[ 1]
enga
turmeric
^ “Renga ”, in Te Māra Reo , Benson Family Trust, 2022