tapatapa

Swahili

Verb

-tapatapa (infinitive kutapatapa)

1. to fret
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 5:

     "Lakini, bwana," alitapatapa Kasim kitini kwake, […]

     "But Sir," Kasim fretted in his chair, […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tapatapa
Positive present -natapatapa Subjunctive -tapatape Negative -tapatapi Imperative singular tapatapa
Infinitives
Positive kutapatapa Negative kutotapatapa
Imperatives
Singular tapatapa Plural tapatapeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutapatapa Positive past positive subject concord + -litapatapa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutapatapa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natapatapa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatapatapa/natapatapa tunatapatapa 2nd person unatapatapa mnatapatapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatapatapa wanatapatapa other classes positive subject concord + -natapatapa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tapatapi) Singular Plural 1st person sitapatapi hatutapatapi 2nd person hutapatapi hamtapatapi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatapatapi hawatapatapi other classes negative subject concord + -tapatapi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatapatapa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatapatapa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tapatape) Singular Plural 1st person nitapatape tutapatape 2nd person utapatape mtapatape 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atapatape watapatape other classes positive subject concord + -tapatape
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitapatape Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetapatapa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetapatapa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitapatapa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitapatapa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atapatapa) Singular Plural 1st person natapatapa twatapatapa 2nd person watapatapa mwatapatapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atapatapa watapatapa m-mi(III/IV) watapatapa yatapatapa ji-ma(V/VI) latapatapa yatapatapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatapatapa vyatapatapa n(IX/X) yatapatapa zatapatapa u(XI) watapatapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatapatapa pa(XVI) patapatapa mu(XVIII) mwatapatapa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metapatapa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatapatapa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatapatapa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitapatapa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotapatapa Consecutive katapatapa / positive subject concord + -katapatapa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katapatape Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -tapatapa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tapatapaye -tapatapao m-mi(III/IV) -tapatapao -tapatapayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tapatapalo -tapatapayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tapatapacho -tapatapavyo n(IX/X) -tapatapayo -tapatapazo u(XI) -tapatapao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tapatapako pa(XVI) -tapatapapo mu(XVIII) -tapatapamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tapatapa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetapatapa -otapatapa m-mi(III/IV) -otapatapa -yotapatapa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotapatapa -yotapatapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotapatapa -vyotapatapa n(IX/X) -yotapatapa -zotapatapa u(XI) -otapatapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotapatapa pa(XVI) -potapatapa mu(XVIII) -motapatapa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.