vimbiwa

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Passive of -vimbia?”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

-vimbiwa (infinitive kuvimbiwa)

1. to be bloated; to have indigestion

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vimbiwa
Positive present -navimbiwa Subjunctive -vimbiwe Negative -vimbiwi Imperative singular vimbiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuvimbiwa Negative kutovimbiwa
Imperatives
Singular vimbiwa Plural vimbiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvimbiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -livimbiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvimbiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navimbiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninavimbiwa/navimbiwa tunavimbiwa 2nd person unavimbiwa mnavimbiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavimbiwa wanavimbiwa other classes positive subject concord + -navimbiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vimbiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sivimbiwi hatuvimbiwi 2nd person huvimbiwi hamvimbiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havimbiwi hawavimbiwi other classes negative subject concord + -vimbiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavimbiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tavimbiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vimbiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nivimbiwe tuvimbiwe 2nd person uvimbiwe mvimbiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avimbiwe wavimbiwe other classes positive subject concord + -vimbiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivimbiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevimbiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevimbiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivimbiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivimbiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avimbiwa) Singular Plural 1st person navimbiwa twavimbiwa 2nd person wavimbiwa mwavimbiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avimbiwa wavimbiwa m-mi(III/IV) wavimbiwa yavimbiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lavimbiwa yavimbiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavimbiwa vyavimbiwa n(IX/X) yavimbiwa zavimbiwa u(XI) wavimbiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavimbiwa pa(XVI) pavimbiwa mu(XVIII) mwavimbiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevimbiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavimbiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javimbiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivimbiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovimbiwa Consecutive kavimbiwa / positive subject concord + -kavimbiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavimbiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivimbiwa -tuvimbiwa 2nd person -kuvimbiwa -wavimbiwa/-kuvimbiweni/-wavimbiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvimbiwa -wavimbiwa m-mi(III/IV) -uvimbiwa -ivimbiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -livimbiwa -yavimbiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivimbiwa -vivimbiwa n(IX/X) -ivimbiwa -zivimbiwa u(XI) -uvimbiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvimbiwa pa(XVI) -pavimbiwa mu(XVIII) -muvimbiwa Reflexive -jivimbiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vimbiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vimbiwaye -vimbiwao m-mi(III/IV) -vimbiwao -vimbiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vimbiwalo -vimbiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vimbiwacho -vimbiwavyo n(IX/X) -vimbiwayo -vimbiwazo u(XI) -vimbiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vimbiwako pa(XVI) -vimbiwapo mu(XVIII) -vimbiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vimbiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevimbiwa -ovimbiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ovimbiwa -yovimbiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lovimbiwa -yovimbiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovimbiwa -vyovimbiwa n(IX/X) -yovimbiwa -zovimbiwa u(XI) -ovimbiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovimbiwa pa(XVI) -povimbiwa mu(XVIII) -movimbiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.