uawa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-uawa (infinitive kuuawa)

1. Passive form of -ua: to be killed, to be destroyed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -uawa
Positive present -nauawa Subjunctive -uawe Negative -uawi Imperative singular uawa
Infinitives
Positive kuuawa Negative kutouawa
Imperatives
Singular uawa Plural uaweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huuawa Positive past positive subject concord + -liuawa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuuawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nauawa) Singular Plural 1st person ninauawa/nauawa tunauawa 2nd person unauawa mnauawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anauawa wanauawa other classes positive subject concord + -nauawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -uawi) Singular Plural 1st person siuawi hatuuawi 2nd person huuawi hamuuawi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hauawi hawauawi other classes negative subject concord + -uawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tauawa Negative future negative subject concord + -tauawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -uawe) Singular Plural 1st person niuawe tuuawe 2nd person uuawe muuawe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) auawe wauawe other classes positive subject concord + -uawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siuawe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeuawa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeuawa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliuawa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliuawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -auawa) Singular Plural 1st person nauawa twauawa 2nd person wauawa mwauawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) auawa wauawa m-mi(III/IV) wauawa yauawa ji-ma(V/VI) lauawa yauawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chauawa vyauawa n(IX/X) yauawa zauawa u(XI) wauawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwauawa pa(XVI) pauawa mu(XVIII) mwauawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meuawa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshauawa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jauawa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiuawa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipouawa Consecutive kauawa / positive subject concord + -kauawa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kauawe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niuawa -tuuawa 2nd person -kuuawa -wauawa/-kuuaweni/-wauaweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muuawa -wauawa m-mi(III/IV) -uuawa -iuawa ji-ma(V/VI) -liuawa -yauawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiuawa -viuawa n(IX/X) -iuawa -ziuawa u(XI) -uuawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuuawa pa(XVI) -pauawa mu(XVIII) -muuawa Reflexive -jiuawa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -uawa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -uawaye -uawao m-mi(III/IV) -uawao -uawayo ji-ma(V/VI) -uawalo -uawayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -uawacho -uawavyo n(IX/X) -uawayo -uawazo u(XI) -uawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -uawako pa(XVI) -uawapo mu(XVIII) -uawamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -uawa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeuawa -ouawa m-mi(III/IV) -ouawa -youawa ji-ma(V/VI) -louawa -youawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chouawa -vyouawa n(IX/X) -youawa -zouawa u(XI) -ouawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kouawa pa(XVI) -pouawa mu(XVIII) -mouawa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.