tupwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tupwa (infinitive kutupwa)

1. Passive form of -tupa: to be thrown, to be abandoned

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tupwa
Positive present -natupwa Subjunctive -tupwe Negative -tupwi Imperative singular tupwa
Infinitives
Positive kutupwa Negative kutotupwa
Imperatives
Singular tupwa Plural tupweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutupwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litupwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutupwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natupwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatupwa/natupwa tunatupwa 2nd person unatupwa mnatupwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatupwa wanatupwa other classes positive subject concord + -natupwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tupwi) Singular Plural 1st person situpwi hatutupwi 2nd person hutupwi hamtupwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatupwi hawatupwi other classes negative subject concord + -tupwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatupwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatupwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tupwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitupwe tutupwe 2nd person utupwe mtupwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atupwe watupwe other classes positive subject concord + -tupwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situpwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetupwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetupwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitupwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitupwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atupwa) Singular Plural 1st person natupwa twatupwa 2nd person watupwa mwatupwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atupwa watupwa m-mi(III/IV) watupwa yatupwa ji-ma(V/VI) latupwa yatupwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatupwa vyatupwa n(IX/X) yatupwa zatupwa u(XI) watupwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatupwa pa(XVI) patupwa mu(XVIII) mwatupwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metupwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatupwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatupwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitupwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotupwa Consecutive katupwa / positive subject concord + -katupwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katupwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitupwa -tutupwa 2nd person -kutupwa -watupwa/-kutupweni/-watupweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtupwa -watupwa m-mi(III/IV) -utupwa -itupwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litupwa -yatupwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitupwa -vitupwa n(IX/X) -itupwa -zitupwa u(XI) -utupwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutupwa pa(XVI) -patupwa mu(XVIII) -mutupwa Reflexive -jitupwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tupwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tupwaye -tupwao m-mi(III/IV) -tupwao -tupwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tupwalo -tupwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tupwacho -tupwavyo n(IX/X) -tupwayo -tupwazo u(XI) -tupwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tupwako pa(XVI) -tupwapo mu(XVIII) -tupwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tupwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetupwa -otupwa m-mi(III/IV) -otupwa -yotupwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotupwa -yotupwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotupwa -vyotupwa n(IX/X) -yotupwa -zotupwa u(XI) -otupwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotupwa pa(XVI) -potupwa mu(XVIII) -motupwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.