See -ku- on Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "siku-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"singular"
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"form": "hatuku-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
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{
"form": "hamku-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-2",
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"third-person"
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"class-2",
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"class-4",
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"third-person"
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"class-4",
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"third-person"
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"form": "haliku-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-8",
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"singular",
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"class-17",
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"third-person"
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"text": "Sikukisoma.",
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"word": "kw-1"
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"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
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{
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{
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{
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
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{
"sense": "Final",
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"word": "Negative present"
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{
"sense": "Final; Second person plural",
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{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
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{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
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{
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"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
"word": "-si-1"
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{
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{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
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{
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{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
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{
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{
"english": "If/When",
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{
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{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
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"sense": "Relative; Present",
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"sense": "Relative; Future",
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{
"sense": "Relative; Negative",
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{
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{
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{
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"ref": "R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249",
"roman": "Moyo wangu nini huzundukani, likughuriyelo hela ni-n'ni?",
"text": "مُيُ وَاغُ نِنِ هُزُدُكَانِ ، لِكُغُرِيِلُ هِيْلَ نِنْنِ ،",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "-vyo"
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{
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{
"word": "hazi-"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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Download raw JSONL data for -ku- meaning in All languages combined (11.9kB)
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