taliki

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg taxlək (“creature”), formed from Arabic خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, “create”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /táː.lì.kíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táː.lɪ̀.cíː]

Noun

tālìkī m (feminine tālìkā, plural tā̀lìkai, possessed form tālìkin)

1. creature, being

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَّقَ (ṭallaqa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-taliki (infinitive kutaliki)

1. to divorce

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taliki
Positive present -nataliki Subjunctive -taliki Negative -taliki Imperative singular taliki
Infinitives
Positive kutaliki Negative kutotaliki
Imperatives
Singular taliki Plural talikini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaliki Positive past positive subject concord + -litaliki Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaliki
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataliki) Singular Plural 1st person ninataliki/nataliki tunataliki 2nd person unataliki mnataliki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataliki wanataliki other classes positive subject concord + -nataliki
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taliki) Singular Plural 1st person sitaliki hatutaliki 2nd person hutaliki hamtaliki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataliki hawataliki other classes negative subject concord + -taliki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataliki Negative future negative subject concord + -tataliki
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taliki) Singular Plural 1st person nitaliki tutaliki 2nd person utaliki mtaliki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataliki wataliki other classes positive subject concord + -taliki
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaliki Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaliki Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaliki Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaliki Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaliki
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataliki) Singular Plural 1st person nataliki twataliki 2nd person wataliki mwataliki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataliki wataliki m-mi(III/IV) wataliki yataliki ji-ma(V/VI) lataliki yataliki ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataliki vyataliki n(IX/X) yataliki zataliki u(XI) wataliki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwataliki pa(XVI) pataliki mu(XVIII) mwataliki
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaliki "Already" positive subject concord + -meshataliki "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataliki "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaliki "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaliki Consecutive kataliki / positive subject concord + -kataliki Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataliki
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitaliki -tutaliki 2nd person -kutaliki -wataliki/-kutalikini/-watalikini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaliki -wataliki m-mi(III/IV) -utaliki -italiki ji-ma(V/VI) -litaliki -yataliki ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaliki -vitaliki n(IX/X) -italiki -zitaliki u(XI) -utaliki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutaliki pa(XVI) -pataliki mu(XVIII) -mutaliki Reflexive -jitaliki
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taliki- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -talikiye -talikio m-mi(III/IV) -talikio -talikiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -talikilo -talikiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -talikicho -talikivyo n(IX/X) -talikiyo -talikizo u(XI) -talikio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -talikiko pa(XVI) -talikipo mu(XVIII) -talikimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taliki) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetaliki -otaliki m-mi(III/IV) -otaliki -yotaliki ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaliki -yotaliki ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaliki -vyotaliki n(IX/X) -yotaliki -zotaliki u(XI) -otaliki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotaliki pa(XVI) -potaliki mu(XVIII) -motaliki
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -talikiwa (“divorced”)

Related terms

• talaka (“divorce”)