hisi

Jamamadí

Verb

hisi

1. (Banawá) to sniff

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَسَّ (ḥassa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-hisi (infinitive kuhisi)

1. to feel, sense

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hisi
Positive present -nahisi Subjunctive -hisi Negative -hisi Imperative singular hisi
Infinitives
Positive kuhisi Negative kutohisi
Imperatives
Singular hisi Plural hisini
Tensed forms
Habitual huhisi Positive past positive subject concord + -lihisi Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhisi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahisi) Singular Plural 1st person ninahisi/nahisi tunahisi 2nd person unahisi mnahisi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahisi wanahisi other classes positive subject concord + -nahisi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hisi) Singular Plural 1st person sihisi hatuhisi 2nd person huhisi hamhisi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahisi hawahisi other classes negative subject concord + -hisi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahisi Negative future negative subject concord + -tahisi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hisi) Singular Plural 1st person nihisi tuhisi 2nd person uhisi mhisi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahisi wahisi other classes positive subject concord + -hisi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihisi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehisi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehisi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihisi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihisi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahisi) Singular Plural 1st person nahisi twahisi 2nd person wahisi mwahisi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahisi wahisi m-mi(III/IV) wahisi yahisi ji-ma(V/VI) lahisi yahisi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahisi vyahisi n(IX/X) yahisi zahisi u(XI) wahisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahisi pa(XVI) pahisi mu(XVIII) mwahisi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehisi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahisi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahisi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihisi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohisi Consecutive kahisi / positive subject concord + -kahisi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahisi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihisi -tuhisi 2nd person -kuhisi -wahisi/-kuhisini/-wahisini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhisi -wahisi m-mi(III/IV) -uhisi -ihisi ji-ma(V/VI) -lihisi -yahisi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihisi -vihisi n(IX/X) -ihisi -zihisi u(XI) -uhisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhisi pa(XVI) -pahisi mu(XVIII) -muhisi Reflexive -jihisi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hisi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hisiye -hisio m-mi(III/IV) -hisio -hisiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -hisilo -hisiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hisicho -hisivyo n(IX/X) -hisiyo -hisizo u(XI) -hisio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hisiko pa(XVI) -hisipo mu(XVIII) -hisimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hisi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehisi -ohisi m-mi(III/IV) -ohisi -yohisi ji-ma(V/VI) -lohisi -yohisi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohisi -vyohisi n(IX/X) -yohisi -zohisi u(XI) -ohisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohisi pa(XVI) -pohisi mu(XVIII) -mohisi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Related terms

• hisia (“feeling”)

Tsou

Noun

hisi

1. (anatomy) tooth