nyoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-nyoa (infinitive kunyoa)

1. to shave, to cut hair

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nyoa
Positive present -nanyoa Subjunctive -nyoe Negative -nyoi Imperative singular nyoa
Infinitives
Positive kunyoa Negative kutonyoa
Imperatives
Singular nyoa Plural nyoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunyoa Positive past positive subject concord + -linyoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kunyoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanyoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninanyoa/nanyoa tunanyoa 2nd person unanyoa mnanyoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananyoa wananyoa other classes positive subject concord + -nanyoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nyoi) Singular Plural 1st person sinyoi hatunyoi 2nd person hunyoi hamnyoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanyoi hawanyoi other classes negative subject concord + -nyoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanyoa Negative future negative subject concord + -tanyoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nyoe) Singular Plural 1st person ninyoe tunyoe 2nd person unyoe mnyoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anyoe wanyoe other classes positive subject concord + -nyoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinyoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenyoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenyoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinyoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinyoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anyoa) Singular Plural 1st person nanyoa twanyoa 2nd person wanyoa mwanyoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anyoa wanyoa m-mi(III/IV) wanyoa yanyoa ji-ma(V/VI) lanyoa yanyoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanyoa vyanyoa n(IX/X) yanyoa zanyoa u(XI) wanyoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanyoa pa(XVI) panyoa mu(XVIII) mwanyoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -menyoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanyoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janyoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinyoa "If not" positive subject concord + -siponyoa Consecutive kanyoa / positive subject concord + -kanyoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanyoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninyoa -tunyoa 2nd person -kunyoa -wanyoa/-kunyoeni/-wanyoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnyoa -wanyoa m-mi(III/IV) -unyoa -inyoa ji-ma(V/VI) -linyoa -yanyoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinyoa -vinyoa n(IX/X) -inyoa -zinyoa u(XI) -unyoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunyoa pa(XVI) -panyoa mu(XVIII) -munyoa Reflexive -jinyoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nyoa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -nyoaye -nyoao m-mi(III/IV) -nyoao -nyoayo ji-ma(V/VI) -nyoalo -nyoayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nyoacho -nyoavyo n(IX/X) -nyoayo -nyoazo u(XI) -nyoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -nyoako pa(XVI) -nyoapo mu(XVIII) -nyoamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nyoa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenyoa -onyoa m-mi(III/IV) -onyoa -yonyoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lonyoa -yonyoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonyoa -vyonyoa n(IX/X) -yonyoa -zonyoa u(XI) -onyoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konyoa pa(XVI) -ponyoa mu(XVIII) -monyoa
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:
  • Passive: -nyolewa (“to be shaven”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • kinyozi (“barber”)

Ternate

nyoa

Etymology

According to de Clercq (pg. 352), this is an unidentified loan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲo.a/

Noun

nyoa

1. the rays (Batoidea)

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh