zalisha

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zalisha (infinitive kuzalisha)

1. Causative form of -zaa: to make give birth
2. to generate
3. to act as a midwife

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zalisha
Positive present -nazalisha Subjunctive -zalishe Negative -zalishi Imperative singular zalisha
Infinitives
Positive kuzalisha Negative kutozalisha
Imperatives
Singular zalisha Plural zalisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzalisha Positive past positive subject concord + -lizalisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzalisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazalisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninazalisha/nazalisha tunazalisha 2nd person unazalisha mnazalisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazalisha wanazalisha other classes positive subject concord + -nazalisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zalishi) Singular Plural 1st person sizalishi hatuzalishi 2nd person huzalishi hamzalishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazalishi hawazalishi other classes negative subject concord + -zalishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazalisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tazalisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zalishe) Singular Plural 1st person nizalishe tuzalishe 2nd person uzalishe mzalishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azalishe wazalishe other classes positive subject concord + -zalishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizalishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezalisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezalisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizalisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizalisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azalisha) Singular Plural 1st person nazalisha twazalisha 2nd person wazalisha mwazalisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azalisha wazalisha m-mi(III/IV) wazalisha yazalisha ji-ma(V/VI) lazalisha yazalisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazalisha vyazalisha n(IX/X) yazalisha zazalisha u(XI) wazalisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazalisha pa(XVI) pazalisha mu(XVIII) mwazalisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezalisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazalisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazalisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizalisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozalisha Consecutive kazalisha / positive subject concord + -kazalisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazalishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizalisha -tuzalisha 2nd person -kuzalisha -wazalisha/-kuzalisheni/-wazalisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzalisha -wazalisha m-mi(III/IV) -uzalisha -izalisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lizalisha -yazalisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizalisha -vizalisha n(IX/X) -izalisha -zizalisha u(XI) -uzalisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzalisha pa(XVI) -pazalisha mu(XVIII) -muzalisha Reflexive -jizalisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zalisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zalishaye -zalishao m-mi(III/IV) -zalishao -zalishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zalishalo -zalishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zalishacho -zalishavyo n(IX/X) -zalishayo -zalishazo u(XI) -zalishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zalishako pa(XVI) -zalishapo mu(XVIII) -zalishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zalisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezalisha -ozalisha m-mi(III/IV) -ozalisha -yozalisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lozalisha -yozalisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozalisha -vyozalisha n(IX/X) -yozalisha -zozalisha u(XI) -ozalisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozalisha pa(XVI) -pozalisha mu(XVIII) -mozalisha
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:
  • mzalishaji (“producer”)
  • uzalishaji (“production”)