Borrowed from Arabic كَثُرَ (kaṯura).
-kithiri (infinitive kukithiri)
- to increase by a large amount
- to surpass
Conjugation of -kithiri
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Positive present
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-nakithiri
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Subjunctive
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-kithiri
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Negative
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-kithiri
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Imperative singular
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kithiri
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hukithiri
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -likithiri
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kukithiri
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakithiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninakithiri/nakithiri
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tunakithiri
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2nd person
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unakithiri
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mnakithiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anakithiri
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wanakithiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nakithiri
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -kithiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sikithiri
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hatukithiri
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2nd person
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hukithiri
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hamkithiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hakithiri
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hawakithiri
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -kithiri
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -takithiri
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -takithiri
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kithiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nikithiri
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tukithiri
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2nd person
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ukithiri
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mkithiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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akithiri
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wakithiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -kithiri
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sikithiri
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngekithiri
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singekithiri
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalikithiri
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalikithiri
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mekithiri
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshakithiri
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jakithiri
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kikithiri
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipokithiri
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Consecutive
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kakithiri / positive subject concord + -kakithiri
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kakithiri
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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