okoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-okoa (infinitive kuokoa)

1. to rescue, save, redeem
2. to preserve

Conjugation

Conjugation of -okoa
Positive present -naokoa Subjunctive -okoe Negative -okoi Imperative singular okoa
Infinitives
Positive kuokoa Negative kutookoa
Imperatives
Singular okoa Plural okoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huokoa Positive past positive subject concord + -liokoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuokoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naokoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaokoa/naokoa tunaokoa 2nd person unaokoa mnaokoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaokoa wanaokoa other classes positive subject concord + -naokoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -okoi) Singular Plural 1st person siokoi hatuokoi 2nd person huokoi hamwokoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haokoi hawaokoi other classes negative subject concord + -okoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taokoa Negative future negative subject concord + -taokoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -okoe) Singular Plural 1st person niokoe tuokoe 2nd person uokoe mwokoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aokoe waokoe other classes positive subject concord + -okoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siokoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeokoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeokoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliokoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliokoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aokoa) Singular Plural 1st person naokoa twaokoa 2nd person waokoa mwaokoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aokoa waokoa m-mi(III/IV) waokoa yaokoa ji-ma(V/VI) laokoa yaokoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaokoa vyaokoa n(IX/X) yaokoa zaokoa u(XI) waokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaokoa pa(XVI) paokoa mu(XVIII) mwaokoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meokoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaokoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaokoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiokoa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipookoa Consecutive kaokoa / positive subject concord + -kaokoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaokoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niokoa -tuokoa 2nd person -kuokoa -waokoa/-kuokoeni/-waokoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwokoa -waokoa m-mi(III/IV) -uokoa -iokoa ji-ma(V/VI) -liokoa -yaokoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiokoa -viokoa n(IX/X) -iokoa -ziokoa u(XI) -uokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuokoa pa(XVI) -paokoa mu(XVIII) -muokoa Reflexive -jiokoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -okoa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -okoaye -okoao m-mi(III/IV) -okoao -okoayo ji-ma(V/VI) -okoalo -okoayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -okoacho -okoavyo n(IX/X) -okoayo -okoazo u(XI) -okoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -okoako pa(XVI) -okoapo mu(XVIII) -okoamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -okoa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeokoa -ookoa m-mi(III/IV) -ookoa -yookoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lookoa -yookoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chookoa -vyookoa n(IX/X) -yookoa -zookoa u(XI) -ookoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kookoa pa(XVI) -pookoa mu(XVIII) -mookoa
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:
  • Causative: -okoka
  • Passive: -okolewa
  • Stative: -okoleka

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwokozi (“saviour”)
  • uokoaji (“rescue”)

Tanimuca-Retuarã

Alternative forms

• o'koa

Noun

okoa

1. water
2. rain

Related terms

• oko jayua
• oko ũmakaka
• okoa weꞌrirĩkaika
• okoᵽaka

 

References

• Sofía Victoria Gaviria T., Luis José Azcárate G., Fonología y lexicología de la lengua tanimuca: semestre de campo (1979)
• Strom, Clay, Strom, Beverly (2019) Diccionario escolar trilingüe: Letuama & tanimuka — español — inglés‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and English), page 56