kataa

Daur

Etymology

Perhaps Proto-Mongolic *kata- (“to harden, to dry out”) +‎ -aa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰatʰaː/

Noun

kataa

1. salt

Related terms

• kataagw (“to dry, to desiccate”)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kataa (infinitive kukataa)

1. to refuse, deny, object, renounce
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 11:

     هُنِلِزِ نَمِ كَلِ بَيْنِ ، لِوَاپُ نَسُرَ نِسِ كَتَيْ

     Hunelezi nami kali baini, liwapo na-sura nisi katae.

     Can't you tell it me plainly that I may admit it?

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kataa
Positive present -nakataa Subjunctive -katae Negative -katai Imperative singular kataa
Infinitives
Positive kukataa Negative kutokataa
Imperatives
Singular kataa Plural kataeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukataa Positive past positive subject concord + -likataa Negative past negative subject concord + -kukataa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakataa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakataa/nakataa tunakataa 2nd person unakataa mnakataa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakataa wanakataa other classes positive subject concord + -nakataa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -katai) Singular Plural 1st person sikatai hatukatai 2nd person hukatai hamkatai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakatai hawakatai other classes negative subject concord + -katai
Positive future positive subject concord + -takataa Negative future negative subject concord + -takataa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -katae) Singular Plural 1st person nikatae tukatae 2nd person ukatae mkatae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akatae wakatae other classes positive subject concord + -katae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikatae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekataa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekataa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikataa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikataa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akataa) Singular Plural 1st person nakataa twakataa 2nd person wakataa mwakataa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akataa wakataa m-mi(III/IV) wakataa yakataa ji-ma(V/VI) lakataa yakataa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakataa vyakataa n(IX/X) yakataa zakataa u(XI) wakataa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakataa pa(XVI) pakataa mu(XVIII) mwakataa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekataa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakataa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakataa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikataa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokataa Consecutive kakataa / positive subject concord + -kakataa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakatae
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikataa -tukataa 2nd person -kukataa -wakataa/-kukataeni/-wakataeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkataa -wakataa m-mi(III/IV) -ukataa -ikataa ji-ma(V/VI) -likataa -yakataa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikataa -vikataa n(IX/X) -ikataa -zikataa u(XI) -ukataa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukataa pa(XVI) -pakataa mu(XVIII) -mukataa Reflexive -jikataa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kataa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kataaye -kataao m-mi(III/IV) -kataao -kataayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kataalo -kataayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kataacho -kataavyo n(IX/X) -kataayo -kataazo u(XI) -kataao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kataako pa(XVI) -kataapo mu(XVIII) -kataamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kataa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekataa -okataa m-mi(III/IV) -okataa -yokataa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokataa -yokataa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokataa -vyokataa n(IX/X) -yokataa -zokataa u(XI) -okataa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokataa pa(XVI) -pokataa mu(XVIII) -mokataa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -katalia
  • Causative: -kataza
  • Passive: -kataliwa
  • Stative: -katalika