zawa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zawa (infinitive kuzawa)

1. Passive form of -zaa: to be born

   Synonym: -zaliwa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zawa
Positive present -nazawa Subjunctive -zawe Negative -zawi Imperative singular zawa
Infinitives
Positive kuzawa Negative kutozawa
Imperatives
Singular zawa Plural zaweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzawa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizawa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzawa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazawa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazawa/nazawa tunazawa 2nd person unazawa mnazawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazawa wanazawa other classes positive subject concord + -nazawa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zawi) Singular Plural 1st person sizawi hatuzawi 2nd person huzawi hamzawi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazawi hawazawi other classes negative subject concord + -zawi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazawa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazawa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zawe) Singular Plural 1st person nizawe tuzawe 2nd person uzawe mzawe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azawe wazawe other classes positive subject concord + -zawe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizawe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezawa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezawa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizawa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizawa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azawa) Singular Plural 1st person nazawa twazawa 2nd person wazawa mwazawa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azawa wazawa m-mi(III/IV) wazawa yazawa ji-ma(V/VI) lazawa yazawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazawa vyazawa n(IX/X) yazawa zazawa u(XI) wazawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazawa pa(XVI) pazawa mu(XVIII) mwazawa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezawa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazawa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazawa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizawa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozawa Consecutive kazawa / positive subject concord + -kazawa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazawe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizawa -tuzawa 2nd person -kuzawa -wazawa/-kuzaweni/-wazaweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzawa -wazawa m-mi(III/IV) -uzawa -izawa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizawa -yazawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizawa -vizawa n(IX/X) -izawa -zizawa u(XI) -uzawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzawa pa(XVI) -pazawa mu(XVIII) -muzawa Reflexive -jizawa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zawa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zawaye -zawao m-mi(III/IV) -zawao -zawayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zawalo -zawayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zawacho -zawavyo n(IX/X) -zawayo -zawazo u(XI) -zawao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zawako pa(XVI) -zawapo mu(XVIII) -zawamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zawa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezawa -ozawa m-mi(III/IV) -ozawa -yozawa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozawa -yozawa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozawa -vyozawa n(IX/X) -yozawa -zozawa u(XI) -ozawa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozawa pa(XVI) -pozawa mu(XVIII) -mozawa
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:
  • mzawa (“native”)