swahilisha

Swahili

Etymology

From Swahili +‎ -isha (causative affix).

Verb

-swahilisha (infinitive kuswahilisha)

1. to swahilify

Conjugation

Conjugation of -swahilisha
Positive present -naswahilisha Subjunctive -swahilishe Negative -swahilishi Imperative singular swahilisha
Infinitives
Positive kuswahilisha Negative kutoswahilisha
Imperatives
Singular swahilisha Plural swahilisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huswahilisha Positive past positive subject concord + -liswahilisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuswahilisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naswahilisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninaswahilisha/naswahilisha tunaswahilisha 2nd person unaswahilisha mnaswahilisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaswahilisha wanaswahilisha other classes positive subject concord + -naswahilisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -swahilishi) Singular Plural 1st person siswahilishi hatuswahilishi 2nd person huswahilishi hamswahilishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haswahilishi hawaswahilishi other classes negative subject concord + -swahilishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taswahilisha Negative future negative subject concord + -taswahilisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -swahilishe) Singular Plural 1st person niswahilishe tuswahilishe 2nd person uswahilishe mswahilishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aswahilishe waswahilishe other classes positive subject concord + -swahilishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siswahilishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeswahilisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeswahilisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliswahilisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliswahilisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aswahilisha) Singular Plural 1st person naswahilisha twaswahilisha 2nd person waswahilisha mwaswahilisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aswahilisha waswahilisha m-mi(III/IV) waswahilisha yaswahilisha ji-ma(V/VI) laswahilisha yaswahilisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaswahilisha vyaswahilisha n(IX/X) yaswahilisha zaswahilisha u(XI) waswahilisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaswahilisha pa(XVI) paswahilisha mu(XVIII) mwaswahilisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -meswahilisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaswahilisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaswahilisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiswahilisha "If not" positive subject concord + -siposwahilisha Consecutive kaswahilisha / positive subject concord + -kaswahilisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaswahilishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niswahilisha -tuswahilisha 2nd person -kuswahilisha -waswahilisha/-kuswahilisheni/-waswahilisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mswahilisha -waswahilisha m-mi(III/IV) -uswahilisha -iswahilisha ji-ma(V/VI) -liswahilisha -yaswahilisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiswahilisha -viswahilisha n(IX/X) -iswahilisha -ziswahilisha u(XI) -uswahilisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuswahilisha pa(XVI) -paswahilisha mu(XVIII) -muswahilisha Reflexive -jiswahilisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -swahilisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -swahilishaye -swahilishao m-mi(III/IV) -swahilishao -swahilishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -swahilishalo -swahilishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -swahilishacho -swahilishavyo n(IX/X) -swahilishayo -swahilishazo u(XI) -swahilishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -swahilishako pa(XVI) -swahilishapo mu(XVIII) -swahilishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -swahilisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeswahilisha -oswahilisha m-mi(III/IV) -oswahilisha -yoswahilisha ji-ma(V/VI) -loswahilisha -yoswahilisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choswahilisha -vyoswahilisha n(IX/X) -yoswahilisha -zoswahilisha u(XI) -oswahilisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koswahilisha pa(XVI) -poswahilisha mu(XVIII) -moswahilisha
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:
  • uswahilishaji (“Swahilization”)