kirimu

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كَرَمَ (karama).

Verb

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-kirimu (infinitive kukirimu)

  1. to entertain, to be hospitable

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -kirimu
Positive present -nakirimu
Subjunctive -kirimu
Negative -kirimu
Imperative singular kirimu
Infinitives
Positive kukirimu
Negative kutokirimu
Imperatives
Singular kirimu
Plural kirimuni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukirimu
Positive past positive subject concord + -likirimu
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukirimu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakirimu)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakirimu/nakirimu tunakirimu
2nd person unakirimu mnakirimu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakirimu wanakirimu
other classes positive subject concord + -nakirimu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kirimu)
Singular Plural
1st person sikirimu hatukirimu
2nd person hukirimu hamkirimu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakirimu hawakirimu
other classes negative subject concord + -kirimu
Positive future positive subject concord + -takirimu
Negative future negative subject concord + -takirimu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kirimu)
Singular Plural
1st person nikirimu tukirimu
2nd person ukirimu mkirimu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akirimu wakirimu
other classes positive subject concord + -kirimu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikirimu
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekirimu
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekirimu
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikirimu
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikirimu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akirimu)
Singular Plural
1st person nakirimu twakirimu
2nd person wakirimu mwakirimu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akirimu wakirimu
m-mi(III/IV) wakirimu yakirimu
ji-ma(V/VI) lakirimu yakirimu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakirimu vyakirimu
n(IX/X) yakirimu zakirimu
u(XI) wakirimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakirimu
pa(XVI) pakirimu
mu(XVIII) mwakirimu
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekirimu
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakirimu
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakirimu
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikirimu
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokirimu
Consecutive kakirimu / positive subject concord + -kakirimu
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakirimu
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikirimu -tukirimu
2nd person -kukirimu -wakirimu/-kukirimuni/-wakirimuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkirimu -wakirimu
m-mi(III/IV) -ukirimu -ikirimu
ji-ma(V/VI) -likirimu -yakirimu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikirimu -vikirimu
n(IX/X) -ikirimu -zikirimu
u(XI) -ukirimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukirimu
pa(XVI) -pakirimu
mu(XVIII) -mukirimu
Reflexive -jikirimu
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kirimu- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kirimuye -kirimuo
m-mi(III/IV) -kirimuo -kirimuyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kirimulo -kirimuyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirimucho -kirimuvyo
n(IX/X) -kirimuyo -kirimuzo
u(XI) -kirimuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kirimuko
pa(XVI) -kirimupo
mu(XVIII) -kirimumo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kirimu)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekirimu -okirimu
m-mi(III/IV) -okirimu -yokirimu
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokirimu -yokirimu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokirimu -vyokirimu
n(IX/X) -yokirimu -zokirimu
u(XI) -okirimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokirimu
pa(XVI) -pokirimu
mu(XVIII) -mokirimu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.