nururisha

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Either nuru + -isha or from nururishi?”)

Verb

-nururisha (infinitive kunururisha)

1. to lighten
2. to radiate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nururisha
Positive present -nanururisha Subjunctive -nururishe Negative -nururishi Imperative singular nururisha
Infinitives
Positive kunururisha Negative kutonururisha
Imperatives
Singular nururisha Plural nururisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunururisha Positive past positive subject concord + -linururisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kunururisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanururisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninanururisha/nanururisha tunanururisha 2nd person unanururisha mnanururisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananururisha wananururisha other classes positive subject concord + -nanururisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nururishi) Singular Plural 1st person sinururishi hatunururishi 2nd person hunururishi hamnururishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanururishi hawanururishi other classes negative subject concord + -nururishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanururisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tanururisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nururishe) Singular Plural 1st person ninururishe tunururishe 2nd person unururishe mnururishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anururishe wanururishe other classes positive subject concord + -nururishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinururishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenururisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenururisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinururisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinururisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anururisha) Singular Plural 1st person nanururisha twanururisha 2nd person wanururisha mwanururisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anururisha wanururisha m-mi(III/IV) wanururisha yanururisha ji-ma(V/VI) lanururisha yanururisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanururisha vyanururisha n(IX/X) yanururisha zanururisha u(XI) wanururisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanururisha pa(XVI) panururisha mu(XVIII) mwanururisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -menururisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanururisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janururisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinururisha "If not" positive subject concord + -siponururisha Consecutive kanururisha / positive subject concord + -kanururisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanururishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninururisha -tunururisha 2nd person -kunururisha -wanururisha/-kunururisheni/-wanururisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnururisha -wanururisha m-mi(III/IV) -unururisha -inururisha ji-ma(V/VI) -linururisha -yanururisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinururisha -vinururisha n(IX/X) -inururisha -zinururisha u(XI) -unururisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunururisha pa(XVI) -panururisha mu(XVIII) -munururisha Reflexive -jinururisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nururisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -nururishaye -nururishao m-mi(III/IV) -nururishao -nururishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -nururishalo -nururishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nururishacho -nururishavyo n(IX/X) -nururishayo -nururishazo u(XI) -nururishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -nururishako pa(XVI) -nururishapo mu(XVIII) -nururishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nururisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenururisha -onururisha m-mi(III/IV) -onururisha -yonururisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lonururisha -yonururisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonururisha -vyonururisha n(IX/X) -yonururisha -zonururisha u(XI) -onururisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konururisha pa(XVI) -ponururisha mu(XVIII) -monururisha
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:
  • mnururisho (“radiation”)