wamo

Swahili

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• -wemo

Verb

-wamo (infinitive kuwamo)

1. to be inside (of a definite place)

   Watu wamo chumbani.

   The people are inside the room.

2. (with -ki- and subject following verb) to be included (in the preceding word), to be an example (of the preceding word)

   walipakodi mkiwamo ninyi ― tax payers like you (literally, “tax payers, you including”)

   • 2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:

     Aidha, tumeshuhudia kuimarika kwa miundombinu, hususan ya barabara na huduma za jamii ikiwamo afya, maji na elimu.

     We have furthermore witnessed the improvement of infrastructure, especially of roads and community services such as health, water, and education.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -wamo (irregular)
Gnomic -mo (irregular) Subjunctive -wemo Negative -mo (irregular)
Infinitives
Positive kuwamo Negative kutokuwamo
Tensed forms
Habitual huwamo/huwa Positive past positive subject concord + -likuwamo/-likuwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuwamo/-kuwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -mo) Singular Plural 1st person nimo tumo 2nd person umo mmo 3rd person m-wa(I/II) yumo wamo other classes positive subject concord + -mo
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mo) Singular Plural 1st person simo hatumo 2nd person humo hammo 3rd person m-wa hayumo hawamo other classes negative subject concord + -mo
Positive future positive subject concord + -takuwamo/-takuwa Negative future negative subject concord + -takuwamo/-takuwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wemo) Singular Plural 1st person niwemo tuwemo 2nd person uwemo muwemo 3rd person m-wa(I/II) awemo wawemo other classes positive subject concord + -wemo
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siwemo Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekuwamo/-ngekuwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekuwamo/-singekuwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikuwamo/-ngalikuwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikuwamo/-singalikuwa Gnomic see positive present Perfect positive subject concord + -mekuwamo/-mekuwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakuwamo/-meshakuwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jawamo/-jawa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiwamo/-kiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokuwamo/-sipokuwa Consecutive kawamo/kawa / positive subject concord + -kawamo/-kawa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kawemo Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -li- + relative marker + -mo) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -liyemo -liomo m-mi(III/IV) -liomo -liyomo ji-ma(V/VI) -lilomo -liyomo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lichomo -livyomo n(IX/X) -liyomo -lizomo u(XI) -liomo see n(X) or ma(VI) class General negative (positive subject concord + -si- + relative marker + -mo) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -siyemo -siomo m-mi(III/IV) -siomo -siyomo ji-ma(V/VI) -silomo -siyomo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sichomo -sivyomo n(IX/X) -siyomo -sizomo u(XI) -siomo see n(X) or ma(VI) class Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kuwamo/-kuwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekuwamo/-yekuwa -okuwamo/-okuwa m-mi(III/IV) -okuwamo/-okuwa -yokuwamo/-yokuwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokuwamo/-lokuwa -yokuwamo/-yokuwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokuwamo/-chokuwa -vyokuwamo/-vyokuwa n(IX/X) -yokuwamo/-yokuwa -zokuwamo/-zokuwa u(XI) -okuwamo/-okuwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

See also

• -wapo (“to be (at a definite place)”)
• -wako (“to be (at an indefinite place)”)

Etymology 2

wa- + a stem of -wamo

Verb

wamo

1. third-person plural (wa class_(II)) positive degree present of -wamo (“they are (inside there)”)