kanyagana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kanyagana (infinitive kukanyagana)

1. Reciprocal form of -kanyaga: to step on each other, to trample each other

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kanyagana
Positive present -nakanyagana Subjunctive -kanyagane Negative -kanyagani Imperative singular kanyagana
Infinitives
Positive kukanyagana Negative kutokanyagana
Imperatives
Singular kanyagana Plural kanyaganeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukanyagana Positive past positive subject concord + -likanyagana Negative past negative subject concord + -kukanyagana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakanyagana) Singular Plural 1st person ninakanyagana/nakanyagana tunakanyagana 2nd person unakanyagana mnakanyagana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakanyagana wanakanyagana other classes positive subject concord + -nakanyagana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kanyagani) Singular Plural 1st person sikanyagani hatukanyagani 2nd person hukanyagani hamkanyagani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakanyagani hawakanyagani other classes negative subject concord + -kanyagani
Positive future positive subject concord + -takanyagana Negative future negative subject concord + -takanyagana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kanyagane) Singular Plural 1st person nikanyagane tukanyagane 2nd person ukanyagane mkanyagane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akanyagane wakanyagane other classes positive subject concord + -kanyagane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikanyagane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekanyagana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekanyagana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikanyagana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikanyagana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akanyagana) Singular Plural 1st person nakanyagana twakanyagana 2nd person wakanyagana mwakanyagana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akanyagana wakanyagana m-mi(III/IV) wakanyagana yakanyagana ji-ma(V/VI) lakanyagana yakanyagana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakanyagana vyakanyagana n(IX/X) yakanyagana zakanyagana u(XI) wakanyagana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakanyagana pa(XVI) pakanyagana mu(XVIII) mwakanyagana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekanyagana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakanyagana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakanyagana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikanyagana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokanyagana Consecutive kakanyagana / positive subject concord + -kakanyagana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakanyagane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -kanyagana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kanyaganaye -kanyaganao m-mi(III/IV) -kanyaganao -kanyaganayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kanyaganalo -kanyaganayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kanyaganacho -kanyaganavyo n(IX/X) -kanyaganayo -kanyaganazo u(XI) -kanyaganao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kanyaganako pa(XVI) -kanyaganapo mu(XVIII) -kanyaganamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kanyagana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekanyagana -okanyagana m-mi(III/IV) -okanyagana -yokanyagana ji-ma(V/VI) -lokanyagana -yokanyagana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokanyagana -vyokanyagana n(IX/X) -yokanyagana -zokanyagana u(XI) -okanyagana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokanyagana pa(XVI) -pokanyagana mu(XVIII) -mokanyagana
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:
  • mkanyagano (“stampede”)