kwea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kwea (infinitive kukwea)

1. to climb

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kwea
Positive present -nakwea Subjunctive -kwee Negative -kwei Imperative singular kwea
Infinitives
Positive kukwea Negative kutokwea
Imperatives
Singular kwea Plural kweeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukwea Positive past positive subject concord + -likwea Negative past negative subject concord + -kukwea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakwea) Singular Plural 1st person ninakwea/nakwea tunakwea 2nd person unakwea mnakwea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakwea wanakwea other classes positive subject concord + -nakwea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kwei) Singular Plural 1st person sikwei hatukwei 2nd person hukwei hamkwei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakwei hawakwei other classes negative subject concord + -kwei
Positive future positive subject concord + -takwea Negative future negative subject concord + -takwea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kwee) Singular Plural 1st person nikwee tukwee 2nd person ukwee mkwee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akwee wakwee other classes positive subject concord + -kwee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikwee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekwea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekwea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikwea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikwea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akwea) Singular Plural 1st person nakwea twakwea 2nd person wakwea mwakwea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akwea wakwea m-mi(III/IV) wakwea yakwea ji-ma(V/VI) lakwea yakwea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakwea vyakwea n(IX/X) yakwea zakwea u(XI) wakwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakwea pa(XVI) pakwea mu(XVIII) mwakwea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekwea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakwea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakwea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikwea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokwea Consecutive kakwea / positive subject concord + -kakwea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakwee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikwea -tukwea 2nd person -kukwea -wakwea/-kukweeni/-wakweeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkwea -wakwea m-mi(III/IV) -ukwea -ikwea ji-ma(V/VI) -likwea -yakwea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikwea -vikwea n(IX/X) -ikwea -zikwea u(XI) -ukwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukwea pa(XVI) -pakwea mu(XVIII) -mukwea Reflexive -jikwea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kwea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kweaye -kweao m-mi(III/IV) -kweao -kweayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kwealo -kweayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kweacho -kweavyo n(IX/X) -kweayo -kweazo u(XI) -kweao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kweako pa(XVI) -kweapo mu(XVIII) -kweamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kwea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekwea -okwea m-mi(III/IV) -okwea -yokwea ji-ma(V/VI) -lokwea -yokwea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokwea -vyokwea n(IX/X) -yokwea -zokwea u(XI) -okwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokwea pa(XVI) -pokwea mu(XVIII) -mokwea
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:
  • mkwezi (“climber”)

West Frisian

Etymology

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Adjective

kwea

1. evil

Inflection

Inflection of kwea
uninflected	kwea
inflected	kweade
comparative	kweader
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		kwea	kweader	it kweast it kweaste
indefinite	c. sing.	kweade	kweadere	kweaste
	n. sing.	kwea	kweader	kweaste
	plural	kweade	kweadere	kweaste
definite		kweade	kweadere	kweaste
partitive		kweas	kweaders	—

Further reading

• “kwea (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

kwea n (plural kweaden)

1. evil

Further reading

• “kwea (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011