"-ka-" meaning in All languages combined

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Infix [Proto-Finnic]

Forms: -ka- / *-kä- [canonical]
Etymology: Probably related to Proto-Finnic *-k (second-person singular imperative ending), although how exactly is unclear. Etymology templates: {{cog|urj-fin-pro|*-k|id=imperative|pos=second-person singular imperative ending}} Proto-Finnic *-k (second-person singular imperative ending) Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|infix|head=*-ka- / *-kä-}} *-ka- / *-kä-
  1. Imperative mood marker in persons other than the second-person singular. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *-ko-
    Sense id: en--ka--urj-fin-pro-infix-mJrwAQdM Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Finnic infixes

Infix [Swahili]

Head templates: {{head|sw|infix}} -ka- Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], nika- [first-person, singular], tuka- [first-person, plural], uka- [second-person, singular], mka- [plural, second-person], aka- [class-1, class-2, singular, third-person], waka- [class-1, class-2, plural, third-person], uka- [class-3, class-4, singular, third-person], ika- [class-3, class-4, plural, third-person], lika- [class-5, class-6, singular, third-person], yaka- [class-5, class-6, plural, third-person], kika- [class-7, class-8, singular, third-person], vika- [class-7, class-8, plural, third-person], ika- [class-10, class-9, singular, third-person], zika- [class-10, class-9, plural, third-person], uka- [class-11, singular, third-person], kuka- [class-15, class-17, singular, third-person], paka- [class-16, singular, third-person], mka- [class-18, singular, third-person]
  1. consecutive marker (indicative and subjunctive) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ka--sw-infix-DzJyrUjE Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili infixes Related terms (Final): Negative present [-i] Related terms (Final; General (positive indicative)): -a Related terms (Final; Positive subjunctive): -e Related terms (Final; Second person plural): -ni Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord): -ja-1 (english: Not yet) Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future): -ta- Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past): -ku-1 Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional): -ngali- Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional): -nge- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord): -a-1, past: -lisha- (english: Already), present: -mesha- (english: Already), -sha- (english: Already), -ki-1 (english: If/When), -sipo- (english: If not) Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive): -ka-1 Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional): -singali- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional): -singe- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive): -si-1 Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect): -me- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future): -ta- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past): -li- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional): -ngali- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present): -na- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional): -nge- Related terms (Initial): ka-1 Related terms (Initial; Habitual): hu-1 Related terms (Initial; Negative infinitive): kuto- Related terms (Initial; Positive infinitive): ku-, kw-1 Related terms (Relative; Future): -taka- Related terms (Relative; Negative): -si- Related terms (Relative; Past): -li- Related terms (Relative; Present): -na-

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-cl",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yaka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "infix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ka-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "infix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili infixes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "they arrived and then they ate",
          "text": "walikuja wakala",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "consecutive marker (indicative and subjunctive)"
      ],
      "id": "en--ka--sw-infix-DzJyrUjE",
      "related": [
        {
          "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
          "word": "ku-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
          "word": "kw-1"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
          "word": "kuto-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Initial; Habitual",
          "word": "hu-1"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Initial",
          "word": "ka-1"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
          "word": "-a"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
          "word": "-e"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Final",
          "tags": [
            "-i"
          ],
          "word": "Negative present"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Final; Second person plural",
          "word": "-ni"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
          "word": "-li-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
          "word": "-na-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
          "word": "-ta-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
          "word": "-si-1"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
          "word": "-nge-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
          "word": "-singe-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
          "word": "-ngali-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
          "word": "-singali-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
          "word": "-a-1"
        },
        {
          "english": "Already",
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
          "word": "past: -lisha-"
        },
        {
          "english": "Already",
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
          "word": "present: -mesha-"
        },
        {
          "english": "Already",
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
          "word": "-sha-"
        },
        {
          "english": "If/When",
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
          "word": "-ki-1"
        },
        {
          "english": "If not",
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
          "word": "-sipo-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
          "word": "-me-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
          "word": "-ka-1"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
          "word": "-ku-1"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
          "word": "-ta-"
        },
        {
          "english": "Not yet",
          "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
          "word": "-ja-1"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
          "word": "-nge-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
          "word": "-ngali-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Relative; Past",
          "word": "-li-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Relative; Present",
          "word": "-na-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Relative; Future",
          "word": "-taka-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Relative; Negative",
          "word": "-si-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ka-"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "alt1": "-ke",
            "alt2": "-ge"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: -ke, -ge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: -ke, -ge (e.g. olge, jooge, andke)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "alt1": "-kaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: -kaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: -kaa (e.g. olkaa, juokaa, antakaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "alt1": "-kaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: -kaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: -kaa (e.g. olkaa, jookaa, antakaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krl",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Karelian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karelian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Karelian: -kua/-kkua (e.g. olkua, juokua, antakkua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Karelian: -kua/-gua/-kkua (e.g. olkua, juogua, annakkua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "olo",
            "alt1": "-kua/-kkua"
          },
          "expansion": "Livvi: -kua/-kkua",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Livvi: -kua/-kkua (e.g. olgua, juogua, annakkua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lud",
            "alt1": "-kat/-gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Ludian: -kat/-gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ludian: -kat/-gat (e.g. olgat, d'uogat, antakat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vep",
            "alt1": "-kat/-gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Veps: -kat/-gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Veps: -kat/-gat (e.g. olgat, jogat, antkat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "alt1": "-ka/-ga"
          },
          "expansion": "Votic: -ka/-ga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Votic: -ka/-ga (e.g. õlka, juuka, antaga)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "liv",
            "alt1": "-gīd",
            "alt2": "-gid",
            "alt3": "-õgid",
            "alt4": "-kkõd",
            "alt5": "-kõd",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Livonian: -gīd, -gid, -õgid, -kkõd, -kõd",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Livonian: -gīd, -gid, -õgid, -kkõd, -kõd (e.g. vȯlgid, jūogid, āndagid)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vro",
            "alt1": "-kõq/-gõq"
          },
          "expansion": "Võro: -kõq/-gõq",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Võro: -kõq/-gõq (e.g. olkõq, joogõq, andkõq)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*-k",
        "id": "imperative",
        "pos": "second-person singular imperative ending"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *-k (second-person singular imperative ending)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably related to Proto-Finnic *-k (second-person singular imperative ending), although how exactly is unclear.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ka- / *-kä-",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "infix",
        "head": "*-ka- / *-kä-"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ka- / *-kä-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ka-",
  "pos": "infix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic infixes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Imperative mood marker in persons other than the second-person singular."
      ],
      "id": "en--ka--urj-fin-pro-infix-mJrwAQdM",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*-ko-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ka-"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "alt1": "-ke",
            "alt2": "-ge"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: -ke, -ge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: -ke, -ge (e.g. olge, jooge, andke)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "alt1": "-kaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: -kaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: -kaa (e.g. olkaa, juokaa, antakaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "alt1": "-kaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: -kaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: -kaa (e.g. olkaa, jookaa, antakaa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krl",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Karelian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karelian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Karelian: -kua/-kkua (e.g. olkua, juokua, antakkua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Karelian: -kua/-gua/-kkua (e.g. olkua, juogua, annakkua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "olo",
            "alt1": "-kua/-kkua"
          },
          "expansion": "Livvi: -kua/-kkua",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Livvi: -kua/-kkua (e.g. olgua, juogua, annakkua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lud",
            "alt1": "-kat/-gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Ludian: -kat/-gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ludian: -kat/-gat (e.g. olgat, d'uogat, antakat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vep",
            "alt1": "-kat/-gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Veps: -kat/-gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Veps: -kat/-gat (e.g. olgat, jogat, antkat)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "alt1": "-ka/-ga"
          },
          "expansion": "Votic: -ka/-ga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Votic: -ka/-ga (e.g. õlka, juuka, antaga)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "liv",
            "alt1": "-gīd",
            "alt2": "-gid",
            "alt3": "-õgid",
            "alt4": "-kkõd",
            "alt5": "-kõd",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Livonian: -gīd, -gid, -õgid, -kkõd, -kõd",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Livonian: -gīd, -gid, -õgid, -kkõd, -kõd (e.g. vȯlgid, jūogid, āndagid)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vro",
            "alt1": "-kõq/-gõq"
          },
          "expansion": "Võro: -kõq/-gõq",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Võro: -kõq/-gõq (e.g. olkõq, joogõq, andkõq)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*-k",
        "id": "imperative",
        "pos": "second-person singular imperative ending"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *-k (second-person singular imperative ending)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably related to Proto-Finnic *-k (second-person singular imperative ending), although how exactly is unclear.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ka- / *-kä-",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "infix",
        "head": "*-ka- / *-kä-"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ka- / *-kä-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ka-",
  "pos": "infix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic infixes",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Imperative mood marker in persons other than the second-person singular."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*-ko-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ka-"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-cl",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yaka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zika-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mka-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "infix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ka-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "infix",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
      "word": "kw-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
      "word": "kuto-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Initial; Habitual",
      "word": "hu-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Initial",
      "word": "ka-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
      "word": "-e"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Final",
      "tags": [
        "-i"
      ],
      "word": "Negative present"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Final; Second person plural",
      "word": "-ni"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
      "word": "-na-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
      "word": "-si-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
      "word": "-singe-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
      "word": "-ngali-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
      "word": "-singali-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-a-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
      "word": "-me-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "past: -lisha-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "present: -mesha-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-sha-"
    },
    {
      "english": "If/When",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-ki-1"
    },
    {
      "english": "If not",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-sipo-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
      "word": "-ka-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
      "word": "-ku-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Not yet",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
      "word": "-ja-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
      "word": "-ngali-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Relative; Past",
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Relative; Present",
      "word": "-na-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Relative; Future",
      "word": "-taka-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Relative; Negative",
      "word": "-si-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili infixes",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "they arrived and then they ate",
          "text": "walikuja wakala",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "consecutive marker (indicative and subjunctive)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ka-"
}

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