tengwa

English

Noun

tengwa (plural tengwar)

1. A glyph found in Tengwar.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tengwa (infinitive kutengwa)

1. Passive form of -tenga

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tengwa
Positive present -natengwa Subjunctive -tengwe Negative -tengwi Imperative singular tengwa
Infinitives
Positive kutengwa Negative kutotengwa
Imperatives
Singular tengwa Plural tengweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutengwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litengwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutengwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natengwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatengwa/natengwa tunatengwa 2nd person unatengwa mnatengwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatengwa wanatengwa other classes positive subject concord + -natengwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tengwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitengwi hatutengwi 2nd person hutengwi hamtengwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatengwi hawatengwi other classes negative subject concord + -tengwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatengwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatengwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tengwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitengwe tutengwe 2nd person utengwe mtengwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atengwe watengwe other classes positive subject concord + -tengwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitengwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetengwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetengwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitengwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitengwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atengwa) Singular Plural 1st person natengwa twatengwa 2nd person watengwa mwatengwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atengwa watengwa m-mi(III/IV) watengwa yatengwa ji-ma(V/VI) latengwa yatengwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatengwa vyatengwa n(IX/X) yatengwa zatengwa u(XI) watengwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatengwa pa(XVI) patengwa mu(XVIII) mwatengwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metengwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatengwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatengwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitengwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotengwa Consecutive katengwa / positive subject concord + -katengwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katengwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitengwa -tutengwa 2nd person -kutengwa -watengwa/-kutengweni/-watengweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtengwa -watengwa m-mi(III/IV) -utengwa -itengwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litengwa -yatengwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitengwa -vitengwa n(IX/X) -itengwa -zitengwa u(XI) -utengwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutengwa pa(XVI) -patengwa mu(XVIII) -mutengwa Reflexive -jitengwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tengwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tengwaye -tengwao m-mi(III/IV) -tengwao -tengwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tengwalo -tengwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tengwacho -tengwavyo n(IX/X) -tengwayo -tengwazo u(XI) -tengwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tengwako pa(XVI) -tengwapo mu(XVIII) -tengwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tengwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetengwa -otengwa m-mi(III/IV) -otengwa -yotengwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotengwa -yotengwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotengwa -vyotengwa n(IX/X) -yotengwa -zotengwa u(XI) -otengwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotengwa pa(XVI) -potengwa mu(XVIII) -motengwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.