vutana

Swahili

Verb

-vutana (infinitive kuvutana)

1. Reciprocal form of -vuta

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vutana
Positive present -navutana Subjunctive -vutane Negative -vutani Imperative singular vutana
Infinitives
Positive kuvutana Negative kutovutana
Imperatives
Singular vutana Plural vutaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvutana Positive past positive subject concord + -livutana Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvutana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navutana) Singular Plural 1st person ninavutana/navutana tunavutana 2nd person unavutana mnavutana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavutana wanavutana other classes positive subject concord + -navutana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vutani) Singular Plural 1st person sivutani hatuvutani 2nd person huvutani hamvutani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havutani hawavutani other classes negative subject concord + -vutani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavutana Negative future negative subject concord + -tavutana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vutane) Singular Plural 1st person nivutane tuvutane 2nd person uvutane mvutane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avutane wavutane other classes positive subject concord + -vutane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivutane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevutana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevutana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivutana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivutana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avutana) Singular Plural 1st person navutana twavutana 2nd person wavutana mwavutana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avutana wavutana m-mi(III/IV) wavutana yavutana ji-ma(V/VI) lavutana yavutana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavutana vyavutana n(IX/X) yavutana zavutana u(XI) wavutana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavutana pa(XVI) pavutana mu(XVIII) mwavutana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevutana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavutana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javutana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivutana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovutana Consecutive kavutana / positive subject concord + -kavutana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavutane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -vutana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vutanaye -vutanao m-mi(III/IV) -vutanao -vutanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vutanalo -vutanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vutanacho -vutanavyo n(IX/X) -vutanayo -vutanazo u(XI) -vutanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vutanako pa(XVI) -vutanapo mu(XVIII) -vutanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -vutana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevutana -ovutana m-mi(III/IV) -ovutana -yovutana ji-ma(V/VI) -lovutana -yovutana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovutana -vyovutana n(IX/X) -yovutana -zovutana u(XI) -ovutana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovutana pa(XVI) -povutana mu(XVIII) -movutana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mvutano (“tension, gravity”)
  • uvutano (“gravity”)