tunuku

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tunuku (infinitive kutunuku)

1. to award (something to someone)
   • 2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:

     […] na limeweza kutunuku vyeti kwa watahiniwa wote waliofaulu mitihani hiyo.

     […] and it has been able to award certificates to all examinees who passed these exams.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tunuku
Positive present -natunuku Subjunctive -tunuku Negative -tunuku Imperative singular tunuku
Infinitives
Positive kutunuku Negative kutotunuku
Imperatives
Singular tunuku Plural tunukuni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutunuku Positive past positive subject concord + -litunuku Negative past negative subject concord + -kutunuku
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natunuku) Singular Plural 1st person ninatunuku/natunuku tunatunuku 2nd person unatunuku mnatunuku 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatunuku wanatunuku other classes positive subject concord + -natunuku
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tunuku) Singular Plural 1st person situnuku hatutunuku 2nd person hutunuku hamtunuku 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatunuku hawatunuku other classes negative subject concord + -tunuku
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatunuku Negative future negative subject concord + -tatunuku
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tunuku) Singular Plural 1st person nitunuku tutunuku 2nd person utunuku mtunuku 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atunuku watunuku other classes positive subject concord + -tunuku
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situnuku Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetunuku Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetunuku Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitunuku Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitunuku
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atunuku) Singular Plural 1st person natunuku twatunuku 2nd person watunuku mwatunuku 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atunuku watunuku m-mi(III/IV) watunuku yatunuku ji-ma(V/VI) latunuku yatunuku ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatunuku vyatunuku n(IX/X) yatunuku zatunuku u(XI) watunuku see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatunuku pa(XVI) patunuku mu(XVIII) mwatunuku
Perfect positive subject concord + -metunuku "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatunuku "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatunuku "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitunuku "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotunuku Consecutive katunuku / positive subject concord + -katunuku Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katunuku
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitunuku -tutunuku 2nd person -kutunuku -watunuku/-kutunukuni/-watunukuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtunuku -watunuku m-mi(III/IV) -utunuku -itunuku ji-ma(V/VI) -litunuku -yatunuku ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitunuku -vitunuku n(IX/X) -itunuku -zitunuku u(XI) -utunuku see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutunuku pa(XVI) -patunuku mu(XVIII) -mutunuku Reflexive -jitunuku
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tunuku- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tunukuye -tunukuo m-mi(III/IV) -tunukuo -tunukuyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tunukulo -tunukuyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tunukucho -tunukuvyo n(IX/X) -tunukuyo -tunukuzo u(XI) -tunukuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tunukuko pa(XVI) -tunukupo mu(XVIII) -tunukumo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tunuku) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetunuku -otunuku m-mi(III/IV) -otunuku -yotunuku ji-ma(V/VI) -lotunuku -yotunuku ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotunuku -vyotunuku n(IX/X) -yotunuku -zotunuku u(XI) -otunuku see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotunuku pa(XVI) -potunuku mu(XVIII) -motunuku
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tunukia (“to award to”)