thibiti

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic ثَبَتَ (ṯabata).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-thibiti (infinitive kuthibiti)

  1. to be honest, strong, upright

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -thibiti
Positive present -nathibiti
Subjunctive -thibiti
Negative -thibiti
Imperative singular thibiti
Infinitives
Positive kuthibiti
Negative kutothibiti
Imperatives
Singular thibiti
Plural thibitini
Tensed forms
Habitual huthibiti
Positive past positive subject concord + -lithibiti
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuthibiti
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nathibiti)
Singular Plural
1st person ninathibiti/nathibiti tunathibiti
2nd person unathibiti mnathibiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anathibiti wanathibiti
other classes positive subject concord + -nathibiti
Negative present (negative subject concord + -thibiti)
Singular Plural
1st person sithibiti hatuthibiti
2nd person huthibiti hamthibiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hathibiti hawathibiti
other classes negative subject concord + -thibiti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tathibiti
Negative future negative subject concord + -tathibiti
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -thibiti)
Singular Plural
1st person nithibiti tuthibiti
2nd person uthibiti mthibiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) athibiti wathibiti
other classes positive subject concord + -thibiti
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sithibiti
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngethibiti
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singethibiti
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalithibiti
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalithibiti
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -athibiti)
Singular Plural
1st person nathibiti twathibiti
2nd person wathibiti mwathibiti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) athibiti wathibiti
m-mi(III/IV) wathibiti yathibiti
ji-ma(V/VI) lathibiti yathibiti
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chathibiti vyathibiti
n(IX/X) yathibiti zathibiti
u(XI) wathibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwathibiti
pa(XVI) pathibiti
mu(XVIII) mwathibiti
Perfect positive subject concord + -methibiti
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshathibiti
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jathibiti
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kithibiti
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipothibiti
Consecutive kathibiti / positive subject concord + -kathibiti
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kathibiti
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nithibiti -tuthibiti
2nd person -kuthibiti -wathibiti/-kuthibitini/-wathibitini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mthibiti -wathibiti
m-mi(III/IV) -uthibiti -ithibiti
ji-ma(V/VI) -lithibiti -yathibiti
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kithibiti -vithibiti
n(IX/X) -ithibiti -zithibiti
u(XI) -uthibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuthibiti
pa(XVI) -pathibiti
mu(XVIII) -muthibiti
Reflexive -jithibiti
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -thibiti- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -thibitiye -thibitio
m-mi(III/IV) -thibitio -thibitiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -thibitilo -thibitiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -thibiticho -thibitivyo
n(IX/X) -thibitiyo -thibitizo
u(XI) -thibitio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -thibitiko
pa(XVI) -thibitipo
mu(XVIII) -thibitimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -thibiti)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yethibiti -othibiti
m-mi(III/IV) -othibiti -yothibiti
ji-ma(V/VI) -lothibiti -yothibiti
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chothibiti -vyothibiti
n(IX/X) -yothibiti -zothibiti
u(XI) -othibiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kothibiti
pa(XVI) -pothibiti
mu(XVIII) -mothibiti
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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