tukuka

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Verb

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-tukuka (infinitive kutukuka)

  1. to be exalted, revered

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tukuka
Positive present -natukuka
Subjunctive -tukuke
Negative -tukuki
Imperative singular tukuka
Infinitives
Positive kutukuka
Negative kutotukuka
Imperatives
Singular tukuka
Plural tukukeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutukuka
Positive past positive subject concord + -litukuka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutukuka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natukuka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatukuka/natukuka tunatukuka
2nd person unatukuka mnatukuka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatukuka wanatukuka
other classes positive subject concord + -natukuka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tukuki)
Singular Plural
1st person situkuki hatutukuki
2nd person hutukuki hamtukuki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatukuki hawatukuki
other classes negative subject concord + -tukuki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatukuka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatukuka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tukuke)
Singular Plural
1st person nitukuke tutukuke
2nd person utukuke mtukuke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atukuke watukuke
other classes positive subject concord + -tukuke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situkuke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetukuka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetukuka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitukuka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitukuka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atukuka)
Singular Plural
1st person natukuka twatukuka
2nd person watukuka mwatukuka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atukuka watukuka
m-mi(III/IV) watukuka yatukuka
ji-ma(V/VI) latukuka yatukuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatukuka vyatukuka
n(IX/X) yatukuka zatukuka
u(XI) watukuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatukuka
pa(XVI) patukuka
mu(XVIII) mwatukuka
Perfect positive subject concord + -metukuka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatukuka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatukuka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitukuka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotukuka
Consecutive katukuka / positive subject concord + -katukuka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katukuke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitukuka -tutukuka
2nd person -kutukuka -watukuka/-kutukukeni/-watukukeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtukuka -watukuka
m-mi(III/IV) -utukuka -itukuka
ji-ma(V/VI) -litukuka -yatukuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitukuka -vitukuka
n(IX/X) -itukuka -zitukuka
u(XI) -utukuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutukuka
pa(XVI) -patukuka
mu(XVIII) -mutukuka
Reflexive -jitukuka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tukuka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tukukaye -tukukao
m-mi(III/IV) -tukukao -tukukayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tukukalo -tukukayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tukukacho -tukukavyo
n(IX/X) -tukukayo -tukukazo
u(XI) -tukukao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tukukako
pa(XVI) -tukukapo
mu(XVIII) -tukukamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tukuka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetukuka -otukuka
m-mi(III/IV) -otukuka -yotukuka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotukuka -yotukuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotukuka -vyotukuka
n(IX/X) -yotukuka -zotukuka
u(XI) -otukuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotukuka
pa(XVI) -potukuka
mu(XVIII) -motukuka
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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