zibua

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zibua (infinitive kuzibua)

1. Conversive form of -ziba: to unblock, to unstop

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zibua
Positive present -nazibua Subjunctive -zibue Negative -zibui Imperative singular zibua
Infinitives
Positive kuzibua Negative kutozibua
Imperatives
Singular zibua Plural zibueni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzibua Positive past positive subject concord + -lizibua Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzibua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazibua) Singular Plural 1st person ninazibua/nazibua tunazibua 2nd person unazibua mnazibua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazibua wanazibua other classes positive subject concord + -nazibua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zibui) Singular Plural 1st person sizibui hatuzibui 2nd person huzibui hamzibui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazibui hawazibui other classes negative subject concord + -zibui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazibua Negative future negative subject concord + -tazibua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zibue) Singular Plural 1st person nizibue tuzibue 2nd person uzibue mzibue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azibue wazibue other classes positive subject concord + -zibue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizibue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezibua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezibua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizibua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizibua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azibua) Singular Plural 1st person nazibua twazibua 2nd person wazibua mwazibua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azibua wazibua m-mi(III/IV) wazibua yazibua ji-ma(V/VI) lazibua yazibua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazibua vyazibua n(IX/X) yazibua zazibua u(XI) wazibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazibua pa(XVI) pazibua mu(XVIII) mwazibua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezibua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazibua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazibua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizibua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozibua Consecutive kazibua / positive subject concord + -kazibua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazibue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizibua -tuzibua 2nd person -kuzibua -wazibua/-kuzibueni/-wazibueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzibua -wazibua m-mi(III/IV) -uzibua -izibua ji-ma(V/VI) -lizibua -yazibua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizibua -vizibua n(IX/X) -izibua -zizibua u(XI) -uzibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzibua pa(XVI) -pazibua mu(XVIII) -muzibua Reflexive -jizibua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zibua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zibuaye -zibuao m-mi(III/IV) -zibuao -zibuayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zibualo -zibuayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zibuacho -zibuavyo n(IX/X) -zibuayo -zibuazo u(XI) -zibuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zibuako pa(XVI) -zibuapo mu(XVIII) -zibuamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zibua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezibua -ozibua m-mi(III/IV) -ozibua -yozibua ji-ma(V/VI) -lozibua -yozibua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozibua -vyozibua n(IX/X) -yozibua -zozibua u(XI) -ozibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozibua pa(XVI) -pozibua mu(XVIII) -mozibua
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:
  • kizibuo (“corkscrew”)