tabawali

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَبَوَّلَ (tabawwala).

Verb

-tabawali (infinitive kutabawali)

1. to urinate

   Synonym: -kojoa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tabawali
Positive present -natabawali Subjunctive -tabawali Negative -tabawali Imperative singular tabawali
Infinitives
Positive kutabawali Negative kutotabawali
Imperatives
Singular tabawali Plural tabawalini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutabawali Positive past positive subject concord + -litabawali Negative past negative subject concord + -kutabawali
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natabawali) Singular Plural 1st person ninatabawali/natabawali tunatabawali 2nd person unatabawali mnatabawali 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatabawali wanatabawali other classes positive subject concord + -natabawali
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tabawali) Singular Plural 1st person sitabawali hatutabawali 2nd person hutabawali hamtabawali 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatabawali hawatabawali other classes negative subject concord + -tabawali
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatabawali Negative future negative subject concord + -tatabawali
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tabawali) Singular Plural 1st person nitabawali tutabawali 2nd person utabawali mtabawali 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabawali watabawali other classes positive subject concord + -tabawali
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitabawali Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetabawali Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetabawali Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitabawali Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitabawali
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atabawali) Singular Plural 1st person natabawali twatabawali 2nd person watabawali mwatabawali 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabawali watabawali m-mi(III/IV) watabawali yatabawali ji-ma(V/VI) latabawali yatabawali ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatabawali vyatabawali n(IX/X) yatabawali zatabawali u(XI) watabawali see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatabawali pa(XVI) patabawali mu(XVIII) mwatabawali
Perfect positive subject concord + -metabawali "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatabawali "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatabawali "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitabawali "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotabawali Consecutive katabawali / positive subject concord + -katabawali Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katabawali
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitabawali -tutabawali 2nd person -kutabawali -watabawali/-kutabawalini/-watabawalini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtabawali -watabawali m-mi(III/IV) -utabawali -itabawali ji-ma(V/VI) -litabawali -yatabawali ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitabawali -vitabawali n(IX/X) -itabawali -zitabawali u(XI) -utabawali see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutabawali pa(XVI) -patabawali mu(XVIII) -mutabawali Reflexive -jitabawali
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tabawali- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tabawaliye -tabawalio m-mi(III/IV) -tabawalio -tabawaliyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tabawalilo -tabawaliyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tabawalicho -tabawalivyo n(IX/X) -tabawaliyo -tabawalizo u(XI) -tabawalio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tabawaliko pa(XVI) -tabawalipo mu(XVIII) -tabawalimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tabawali) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetabawali -otabawali m-mi(III/IV) -otabawali -yotabawali ji-ma(V/VI) -lotabawali -yotabawali ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotabawali -vyotabawali n(IX/X) -yotabawali -zotabawali u(XI) -otabawali see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotabawali pa(XVI) -potabawali mu(XVIII) -motabawali
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.