tetea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tetea (infinitive kutetea)

1. Applicative form of -teta: to defend for someone, to represent someone in defense
2. to cackle

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tetea
Positive present -natetea Subjunctive -tetee Negative -tetei Imperative singular tetea
Infinitives
Positive kutetea Negative kutotetea
Imperatives
Singular tetea Plural teteeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutetea Positive past positive subject concord + -litetea Negative past negative subject concord + -kutetea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natetea) Singular Plural 1st person ninatetea/natetea tunatetea 2nd person unatetea mnatetea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatetea wanatetea other classes positive subject concord + -natetea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tetei) Singular Plural 1st person sitetei hatutetei 2nd person hutetei hamtetei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatetei hawatetei other classes negative subject concord + -tetei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatetea Negative future negative subject concord + -tatetea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tetee) Singular Plural 1st person nitetee tutetee 2nd person utetee mtetee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetee watetee other classes positive subject concord + -tetee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitetee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetetea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetetea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitetea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitetea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atetea) Singular Plural 1st person natetea twatetea 2nd person watetea mwatetea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetea watetea m-mi(III/IV) watetea yatetea ji-ma(V/VI) latetea yatetea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatetea vyatetea n(IX/X) yatetea zatetea u(XI) watetea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatetea pa(XVI) patetea mu(XVIII) mwatetea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metetea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatetea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatetea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitetea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotetea Consecutive katetea / positive subject concord + -katetea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katetee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitetea -tutetea 2nd person -kutetea -watetea/-kuteteeni/-wateteeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtetea -watetea m-mi(III/IV) -utetea -itetea ji-ma(V/VI) -litetea -yatetea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitetea -vitetea n(IX/X) -itetea -zitetea u(XI) -utetea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutetea pa(XVI) -patetea mu(XVIII) -mutetea Reflexive -jitetea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tetea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -teteaye -teteao m-mi(III/IV) -teteao -teteayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tetealo -teteayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -teteacho -teteavyo n(IX/X) -teteayo -teteazo u(XI) -teteao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -teteako pa(XVI) -teteapo mu(XVIII) -teteamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tetea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetetea -otetea m-mi(III/IV) -otetea -yotetea ji-ma(V/VI) -lotetea -yotetea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotetea -vyotetea n(IX/X) -yotetea -zotetea u(XI) -otetea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotetea pa(XVI) -potetea mu(XVIII) -motetea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtetezi (“defender”)

See also

• mtetea