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From sub- + iri .
IPA (key ) : [subˈiri] Rhymes: -iri Hyphenation: sub‧i‧ri
subiri (present subiras , past subiris , future subiros , conditional subirus , volitive subiru )
( intransitive ) to set ( of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon )
subīrī
present passive infinitive of subeō
Borrowed from Arabic صَبَرَ ( ṣabara ) .[ 1]
-subiri (infinitive kusubiri )
to wait (for)
Conjugation of -subiri
Positive present
-na subiri
Subjunctive
-subiri
Negative
-subiri
Imperative singular
subiri
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
husubiri
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li subiri
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku subiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na subiri)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nasubiri/na subiri
tu nasubiri
2nd person
u nasubiri
m nasubiri
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nasubiri
wa nasubiri
other classes
positive subject concord + -na subiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -subiri )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si subiri
hatu subiri
2nd person
hu subiri
ham subiri
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha subiri
hawa subiri
other classes
negative subject concord + -subiri
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta subiri
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta subiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -subiri )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni subiri
tu subiri
2nd person
u subiri
m subiri
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a subiri
wa subiri
other classes
positive subject concord + -subiri
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si subiri
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge subiri
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe subiri
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali subiri
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali subiri
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me subiri
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha subiri
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja subiri
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki subiri
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo subiri
Consecutive
kasubiri / positive subject concord + -ka subiri
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka subiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145 ), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 174 Nr. 1555