onwa

See also: önwa

Japanese

Romanization

onwa

1. Rōmaji transcription of おんわ

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-onwa (infinitive kuonwa)

1. Passive form of -ona: to be seen

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onwa
Positive present -naonwa Subjunctive -onwe Negative -onwi Imperative singular onwa
Infinitives
Positive kuonwa Negative kutoonwa
Imperatives
Singular onwa Plural onweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lionwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaonwa/naonwa tunaonwa 2nd person unaonwa mnaonwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonwa wanaonwa other classes positive subject concord + -naonwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onwi) Singular Plural 1st person sionwi hatuonwi 2nd person huonwi hamwonwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonwi hawaonwi other classes negative subject concord + -onwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonwa Negative future negative subject concord + -taonwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onwe) Singular Plural 1st person nionwe tuonwe 2nd person uonwe mwonwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonwe waonwe other classes positive subject concord + -onwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonwa) Singular Plural 1st person naonwa twaonwa 2nd person waonwa mwaonwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonwa waonwa m-mi(III/IV) waonwa yaonwa ji-ma(V/VI) laonwa yaonwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonwa vyaonwa n(IX/X) yaonwa zaonwa u(XI) waonwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaonwa pa(XVI) paonwa mu(XVIII) mwaonwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kionwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonwa Consecutive kaonwa / positive subject concord + -kaonwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nionwa -tuonwa 2nd person -kuonwa -waonwa/-kuonweni/-waonweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwonwa -waonwa m-mi(III/IV) -uonwa -ionwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lionwa -yaonwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kionwa -vionwa n(IX/X) -ionwa -zionwa u(XI) -uonwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuonwa pa(XVI) -paonwa mu(XVIII) -muonwa Reflexive -jionwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -onwaye -onwao m-mi(III/IV) -onwao -onwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -onwalo -onwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onwacho -onwavyo n(IX/X) -onwayo -onwazo u(XI) -onwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -onwako pa(XVI) -onwapo mu(XVIII) -onwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeonwa -oonwa m-mi(III/IV) -oonwa -yoonwa ji-ma(V/VI) -loonwa -yoonwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonwa -vyoonwa n(IX/X) -yoonwa -zoonwa u(XI) -oonwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koonwa pa(XVI) -poonwa mu(XVIII) -moonwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.