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tamalaki

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَمَلَّكَ (tamallaka).

Verb

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-tamalaki (infinitive kutamalaki)

  1. to rule, reign
    Synonyms: -miliki, -tawala

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tamalaki
Positive present -natamalaki
Subjunctive -tamalaki
Negative -tamalaki
Imperative singular tamalaki
Infinitives
Positive kutamalaki
Negative kutotamalaki
Imperatives
Singular tamalaki
Plural tamalakini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutamalaki
Positive past positive subject concord + -litamalaki
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutamalaki
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natamalaki)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatamalaki/natamalaki tunatamalaki
2nd person unatamalaki mnatamalaki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatamalaki wanatamalaki
other classes positive subject concord + -natamalaki
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tamalaki)
Singular Plural
1st person sitamalaki hatutamalaki
2nd person hutamalaki hamtamalaki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatamalaki hawatamalaki
other classes negative subject concord + -tamalaki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatamalaki
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatamalaki
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tamalaki)
Singular Plural
1st person nitamalaki tutamalaki
2nd person utamalaki mtamalaki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamalaki watamalaki
other classes positive subject concord + -tamalaki
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitamalaki
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetamalaki
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetamalaki
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitamalaki
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitamalaki
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atamalaki)
Singular Plural
1st person natamalaki twatamalaki
2nd person watamalaki mwatamalaki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamalaki watamalaki
m-mi(III/IV) watamalaki yatamalaki
ji-ma(V/VI) latamalaki yatamalaki
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatamalaki vyatamalaki
n(IX/X) yatamalaki zatamalaki
u(XI) watamalaki see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatamalaki
pa(XVI) patamalaki
mu(XVIII) mwatamalaki
Perfect positive subject concord + -metamalaki
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatamalaki
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatamalaki
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitamalaki
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotamalaki
Consecutive katamalaki / positive subject concord + -katamalaki
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katamalaki
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitamalaki -tutamalaki
2nd person -kutamalaki -watamalaki/-kutamalakini/-watamalakini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtamalaki -watamalaki
m-mi(III/IV) -utamalaki -itamalaki
ji-ma(V/VI) -litamalaki -yatamalaki
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitamalaki -vitamalaki
n(IX/X) -itamalaki -zitamalaki
u(XI) -utamalaki see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutamalaki
pa(XVI) -patamalaki
mu(XVIII) -mutamalaki
Reflexive -jitamalaki
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tamalaki- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tamalakiye -tamalakio
m-mi(III/IV) -tamalakio -tamalakiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tamalakilo -tamalakiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tamalakicho -tamalakivyo
n(IX/X) -tamalakiyo -tamalakizo
u(XI) -tamalakio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tamalakiko
pa(XVI) -tamalakipo
mu(XVIII) -tamalakimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tamalaki)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetamalaki -otamalaki
m-mi(III/IV) -otamalaki -yotamalaki
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotamalaki -yotamalaki
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotamalaki -vyotamalaki
n(IX/X) -yotamalaki -zotamalaki
u(XI) -otamalaki see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotamalaki
pa(XVI) -potamalaki
mu(XVIII) -motamalaki
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.