onea

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-onea (infinitive kuonea)

1. Applicative form of -ona: to look at
2. to feel toward, have a feeling toward
3. to be hostile to, dislike, oppress

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onea
Positive present -naonea Subjunctive -onee Negative -onei Imperative singular onea
Infinitives
Positive kuonea Negative kutoonea
Imperatives
Singular onea Plural oneeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonea Positive past positive subject concord + -lionea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonea) Singular Plural 1st person ninaonea/naonea tunaonea 2nd person unaonea mnaonea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonea wanaonea other classes positive subject concord + -naonea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onei) Singular Plural 1st person sionei hatuonei 2nd person huonei hamwonei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonei hawaonei other classes negative subject concord + -onei
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonea Negative future negative subject concord + -taonea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onee) Singular Plural 1st person nionee tuonee 2nd person uonee mwonee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonee waonee other classes positive subject concord + -onee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonea) Singular Plural 1st person naonea twaonea 2nd person waonea mwaonea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonea waonea m-mi(III/IV) waonea yaonea ji-ma(V/VI) laonea yaonea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonea vyaonea n(IX/X) yaonea zaonea u(XI) waonea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaonea pa(XVI) paonea mu(XVIII) mwaonea
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kionea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonea Consecutive kaonea / positive subject concord + -kaonea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nionea -tuonea 2nd person -kuonea -waonea/-kuoneeni/-waoneeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwonea -waonea m-mi(III/IV) -uonea -ionea ji-ma(V/VI) -lionea -yaonea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kionea -vionea n(IX/X) -ionea -zionea u(XI) -uonea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuonea pa(XVI) -paonea mu(XVIII) -muonea Reflexive -jionea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -oneaye -oneao m-mi(III/IV) -oneao -oneayo ji-ma(V/VI) -onealo -oneayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -oneacho -oneavyo n(IX/X) -oneayo -oneazo u(XI) -oneao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -oneako pa(XVI) -oneapo mu(XVIII) -oneamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeonea -oonea m-mi(III/IV) -oonea -yoonea ji-ma(V/VI) -loonea -yoonea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonea -vyoonea n(IX/X) -yoonea -zoonea u(XI) -oonea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koonea pa(XVI) -poonea mu(XVIII) -moonea
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:
  • oneo