kariri

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kariri]

Numeral

kariri

1. three

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَرَّرَ (karrara).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-kariri (infinitive kukariri)

1. to repeat, reiterate
2. to recite, rehearse

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kariri
Positive present -nakariri Subjunctive -kariri Negative -kariri Imperative singular kariri
Infinitives
Positive kukariri Negative kutokariri
Imperatives
Singular kariri Plural karirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukariri Positive past positive subject concord + -likariri Negative past negative subject concord + -kukariri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakariri) Singular Plural 1st person ninakariri/nakariri tunakariri 2nd person unakariri mnakariri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakariri wanakariri other classes positive subject concord + -nakariri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kariri) Singular Plural 1st person sikariri hatukariri 2nd person hukariri hamkariri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakariri hawakariri other classes negative subject concord + -kariri
Positive future positive subject concord + -takariri Negative future negative subject concord + -takariri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kariri) Singular Plural 1st person nikariri tukariri 2nd person ukariri mkariri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akariri wakariri other classes positive subject concord + -kariri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikariri Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekariri Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekariri Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikariri Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikariri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akariri) Singular Plural 1st person nakariri twakariri 2nd person wakariri mwakariri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akariri wakariri m-mi(III/IV) wakariri yakariri ji-ma(V/VI) lakariri yakariri ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakariri vyakariri n(IX/X) yakariri zakariri u(XI) wakariri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakariri pa(XVI) pakariri mu(XVIII) mwakariri
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekariri "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakariri "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakariri "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikariri "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokariri Consecutive kakariri / positive subject concord + -kakariri Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakariri
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikariri -tukariri 2nd person -kukariri -wakariri/-kukaririni/-wakaririni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkariri -wakariri m-mi(III/IV) -ukariri -ikariri ji-ma(V/VI) -likariri -yakariri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikariri -vikariri n(IX/X) -ikariri -zikariri u(XI) -ukariri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukariri pa(XVI) -pakariri mu(XVIII) -mukariri Reflexive -jikariri
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kariri- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kaririye -karirio m-mi(III/IV) -karirio -kaririyo ji-ma(V/VI) -karirilo -kaririyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kariricho -karirivyo n(IX/X) -kaririyo -karirizo u(XI) -karirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kaririko pa(XVI) -kariripo mu(XVIII) -karirimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kariri) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekariri -okariri m-mi(III/IV) -okariri -yokariri ji-ma(V/VI) -lokariri -yokariri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokariri -vyokariri n(IX/X) -yokariri -zokariri u(XI) -okariri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokariri pa(XVI) -pokariri mu(XVIII) -mokariri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Related terms

• takriri (“repetition”)