hodhi

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa).

Verb

-hodhi (infinitive kuhodhi)

1. to monopolize
2. to hoard, accumulate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hodhi
Positive present -nahodhi Subjunctive -hodhi Negative -hodhi Imperative singular hodhi
Infinitives
Positive kuhodhi Negative kutohodhi
Imperatives
Singular hodhi Plural hodhini
Tensed forms
Habitual huhodhi Positive past positive subject concord + -lihodhi Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhodhi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahodhi) Singular Plural 1st person ninahodhi/nahodhi tunahodhi 2nd person unahodhi mnahodhi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahodhi wanahodhi other classes positive subject concord + -nahodhi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hodhi) Singular Plural 1st person sihodhi hatuhodhi 2nd person huhodhi hamhodhi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahodhi hawahodhi other classes negative subject concord + -hodhi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahodhi Negative future negative subject concord + -tahodhi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hodhi) Singular Plural 1st person nihodhi tuhodhi 2nd person uhodhi mhodhi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahodhi wahodhi other classes positive subject concord + -hodhi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihodhi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehodhi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehodhi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihodhi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihodhi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahodhi) Singular Plural 1st person nahodhi twahodhi 2nd person wahodhi mwahodhi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahodhi wahodhi m-mi(III/IV) wahodhi yahodhi ji-ma(V/VI) lahodhi yahodhi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahodhi vyahodhi n(IX/X) yahodhi zahodhi u(XI) wahodhi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahodhi pa(XVI) pahodhi mu(XVIII) mwahodhi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehodhi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahodhi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahodhi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihodhi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohodhi Consecutive kahodhi / positive subject concord + -kahodhi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahodhi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihodhi -tuhodhi 2nd person -kuhodhi -wahodhi/-kuhodhini/-wahodhini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhodhi -wahodhi m-mi(III/IV) -uhodhi -ihodhi ji-ma(V/VI) -lihodhi -yahodhi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihodhi -vihodhi n(IX/X) -ihodhi -zihodhi u(XI) -uhodhi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhodhi pa(XVI) -pahodhi mu(XVIII) -muhodhi Reflexive -jihodhi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hodhi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hodhiye -hodhio m-mi(III/IV) -hodhio -hodhiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -hodhilo -hodhiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hodhicho -hodhivyo n(IX/X) -hodhiyo -hodhizo u(XI) -hodhio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hodhiko pa(XVI) -hodhipo mu(XVIII) -hodhimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hodhi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehodhi -ohodhi m-mi(III/IV) -ohodhi -yohodhi ji-ma(V/VI) -lohodhi -yohodhi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohodhi -vyohodhi n(IX/X) -yohodhi -zohodhi u(XI) -ohodhi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohodhi pa(XVI) -pohodhi mu(XVIII) -mohodhi
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:
  • mhodhi (“monopolist”)
  • uhodhi (“monopoly”)

Noun

hodhi (n class, no plural)

1. monopoly

   uchumi hodhi wa serikali ― government monopoly economy

   • 2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:

     […] yalibadilisha mfumo wa uchumi wa nchi kutoka uchumi hodhi kuwa uchumi wa soko, […]

     […] transformed the country's economic system from a [government] monopoly economy to a market economy, […]

2. holding

   kampuni hodhi ― holding company

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْض (ḥawḍ).

Noun

hodhi (n class, plural hodhi)

1. bathtub
2. reservoir