zoea

See also: zoëa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoʊˈi.ə/

Noun

zoea (plural zoeae or zoeas)

1. Alternative spelling of zoaea.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-zoea (infinitive kuzoea)

1. to get used to

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zoea
Positive present -nazoea Subjunctive -zoee Negative -zoei Imperative singular zoea
Infinitives
Positive kuzoea Negative kutozoea
Imperatives
Singular zoea Plural zoeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzoea Positive past positive subject concord + -lizoea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzoea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazoea) Singular Plural 1st person ninazoea/nazoea tunazoea 2nd person unazoea mnazoea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazoea wanazoea other classes positive subject concord + -nazoea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zoei) Singular Plural 1st person sizoei hatuzoei 2nd person huzoei hamzoei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazoei hawazoei other classes negative subject concord + -zoei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazoea Negative future negative subject concord + -tazoea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zoee) Singular Plural 1st person nizoee tuzoee 2nd person uzoee mzoee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoee wazoee other classes positive subject concord + -zoee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizoee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezoea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezoea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizoea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizoea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azoea) Singular Plural 1st person nazoea twazoea 2nd person wazoea mwazoea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoea wazoea m-mi(III/IV) wazoea yazoea ji-ma(V/VI) lazoea yazoea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazoea vyazoea n(IX/X) yazoea zazoea u(XI) wazoea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazoea pa(XVI) pazoea mu(XVIII) mwazoea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezoea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazoea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazoea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizoea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozoea Consecutive kazoea / positive subject concord + -kazoea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazoee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizoea -tuzoea 2nd person -kuzoea -wazoea/-kuzoeeni/-wazoeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzoea -wazoea m-mi(III/IV) -uzoea -izoea ji-ma(V/VI) -lizoea -yazoea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizoea -vizoea n(IX/X) -izoea -zizoea u(XI) -uzoea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzoea pa(XVI) -pazoea mu(XVIII) -muzoea Reflexive -jizoea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zoea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zoeaye -zoeao m-mi(III/IV) -zoeao -zoeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zoealo -zoeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zoeacho -zoeavyo n(IX/X) -zoeayo -zoeazo u(XI) -zoeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zoeako pa(XVI) -zoeapo mu(XVIII) -zoeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zoea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezoea -ozoea m-mi(III/IV) -ozoea -yozoea ji-ma(V/VI) -lozoea -yozoea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozoea -vyozoea n(IX/X) -yozoea -zozoea u(XI) -ozoea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozoea pa(XVI) -pozoea mu(XVIII) -mozoea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -zoeza, -zoesha
  • Passive: -zoelewa
  • Reciprocal: -zoeana
  • Stative: -zoeleka

• Nominal derivations:
  • mazoea (“habit”)

Anagrams

• ozea