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-wako (infinitive kuwako)
- to be (at an indefinite/nonspecific place)
Eliud yuko Kenya.- Eliud is in Kenya.
Conjugation of -wako (irregular)
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Gnomic
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-ko (irregular)
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Subjunctive
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-weko
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Negative
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-ko (irregular)
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Infinitives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huwako/huwa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -likuwako/-likuwa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuwako/-kuwa
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -ko)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niko
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tuko
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2nd person
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uko
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mko
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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yuko
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wako
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -ko
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -ko)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siko
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hatuko
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2nd person
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huko
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hamko
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3rd person
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m-wa
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hayuko
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hawako
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -ko
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -takuwako/-takuwa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -takuwako/-takuwa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -weko)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niweko
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tuweko
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2nd person
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uweko
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muweko
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aweko
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waweko
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -weko
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siweko
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngekuwako/-ngekuwa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singekuwako/-singekuwa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalikuwako/-ngalikuwa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalikuwako/-singalikuwa
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Gnomic
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see positive present
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mekuwako/-mekuwa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshakuwako/-meshakuwa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jawako/-jawa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiwako/-kiwa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipokuwako/-sipokuwa
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Consecutive
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kawako/kawa / positive subject concord + -kawako/-kawa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaweko
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Object concord
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—
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Relative forms
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- ^ Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka-. For the present, use general positive.
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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- -wamo (“to be inside (of a definite place)”)
- -wapo (“to be (at a definite place)”)
wako
- third-person plural of -wako (“they are (around there)”)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
wako
- M class inflected form of -ako.
- U class inflected form of -ako.
- Wa class inflected form of -ako.
wako
- third-person plural (wa class(II)) positive degree present of -wako (“they are (around there)”)
wako
- (transitive) to turn, rotate
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
wako
- (transitive) to throw
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics