zurura

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zurura (infinitive kuzurura)

1. to wander, to wander around, to roam

   Synonyms: randaranda, tanga

2. to loiter

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zurura
Positive present -nazurura Subjunctive -zurure Negative -zururi Imperative singular zurura
Infinitives
Positive kuzurura Negative kutozurura
Imperatives
Singular zurura Plural zurureni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzurura Positive past positive subject concord + -lizurura Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzurura
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazurura) Singular Plural 1st person ninazurura/nazurura tunazurura 2nd person unazurura mnazurura 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazurura wanazurura other classes positive subject concord + -nazurura
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zururi) Singular Plural 1st person sizururi hatuzururi 2nd person huzururi hamzururi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazururi hawazururi other classes negative subject concord + -zururi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazurura Negative future negative subject concord + -tazurura
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zurure) Singular Plural 1st person nizurure tuzurure 2nd person uzurure mzurure 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azurure wazurure other classes positive subject concord + -zurure
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizurure Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezurura Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezurura Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizurura Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizurura
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azurura) Singular Plural 1st person nazurura twazurura 2nd person wazurura mwazurura 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azurura wazurura m-mi(III/IV) wazurura yazurura ji-ma(V/VI) lazurura yazurura ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazurura vyazurura n(IX/X) yazurura zazurura u(XI) wazurura see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazurura pa(XVI) pazurura mu(XVIII) mwazurura
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezurura "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazurura "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazurura "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizurura "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozurura Consecutive kazurura / positive subject concord + -kazurura Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazurure
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizurura -tuzurura 2nd person -kuzurura -wazurura/-kuzurureni/-wazurureni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzurura -wazurura m-mi(III/IV) -uzurura -izurura ji-ma(V/VI) -lizurura -yazurura ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizurura -vizurura n(IX/X) -izurura -zizurura u(XI) -uzurura see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzurura pa(XVI) -pazurura mu(XVIII) -muzurura Reflexive -jizurura
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zurura- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zururaye -zururao m-mi(III/IV) -zururao -zururayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zururalo -zururayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zururacho -zururavyo n(IX/X) -zururayo -zururazo u(XI) -zururao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zururako pa(XVI) -zururapo mu(XVIII) -zururamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zurura) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezurura -ozurura m-mi(III/IV) -ozurura -yozurura ji-ma(V/VI) -lozurura -yozurura ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozurura -vyozurura n(IX/X) -yozurura -zozurura u(XI) -ozurura see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozurura pa(XVI) -pozurura mu(XVIII) -mozurura
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:
  • mzururaji