Swahili word senses marked with other category "Entry maintenance": list

-i- (Infix) it, them; [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|mi class_((IV))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX))]] object concord

-ia (Suffix) for (directed at, intended to belong to), applicative suffix

-ika (Suffix) stative suffix; -able

-ika (Suffix) stative suffix; to have undergone the action

-ika (Suffix) stative suffix; to be or have a characteristic of

-ikana (Suffix) -able, potentiality marker

-isha (Suffix) causative suffix; to cause to, to make

-isha (Suffix) causative suffix; to cause to become, to make

-isha (Suffix) causative suffix; to give a characteristic of, to turn into

-iwa (Suffix) Alternative form of -wa used after a stem ending in -l-, -w-, or -y-, with borrowed verbs ending in -u, and in monosyllabic verbs

-iza (Suffix) suffix used to construct a causative verb with slightly different meaning

-ja- (Infix) negative perfect marker

-ji- (Infix) oneself, -self; reflexive direct object

-ka (Suffix) Alternative form of -ika used in some verbs ending in -ia, in all verbs ending in -e, in conversive verbs ending in -oa, or -ua, in all words ending in -i, and in nouns and adjectives ending in -u

-ka- (Infix) consecutive marker (indicative and subjunctive)

-ki- (Infix) while, simultaneity marker; continuous aspect marker

-ko (Suffix) [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] relative marker, where

-ko- (Infix) infixed form of -ko (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] relative marker, where”)

-ku- (Infix) negative past tense marker

-ku- (Infix) there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] object concord

-ku- (Interfix) placed between certain tense/aspect markers and the stem of monosyllabic verbs (-ja, -la, -wa) in the absence of object concord

-kw- (Interfix) placed between certain tense/aspect markers and the stem of some vowel-initial bisyllabic verbs (-anza, -enda, -isha) in the absence of object concord

-lea (Suffix) mid vowel variant of -lia (alternative form of -ia used after a stem ending in a vowel)

-leka (Suffix) mid vowel variant of -lika (alternative form of -ika)

-lesha (Suffix) mid vowel variant of -lisha (alternative form of -isha)

-lewa (Suffix) mid vowel variant of -liwa (alternative form of -wa)

-li- (Infix) positive past tense marker

-li- (Infix) it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ji class_((V))]] object concord

-lia (Suffix) Alternative form of -ia used after a stem ending in a vowel

-lika (Suffix) Alternative form of -ika used in verbs ending in two vowels that are neither i nor e, and in some verbs ending in -ia or -ea

-likana (Suffix) Alternative form of -ikana

-lisha (Suffix) Alternative form of -isha used in verbs ending in -aa, -au, -oa, -ua, or -uu, and in dysillabic verbs ending in -ia

-liwa (Suffix) Alternative form of -wa used in nonderived verbs ending in -ia or -ea, as well as any verb ending in -aa, -au, -oa, -ua, or -uu

-lo (Suffix) [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ji class_((V))]] relative marker

-lo- (Infix) infixed form of -lo (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ji class_((V))]] relative marker”)

-m- (Infix) her, him; 3rd person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) object concord

-me- (Infix) perfect aspect marker

-me- (Infix) stative aspect marker

-mesha- (Infix) counterexpectative perfect aspect marker, indicates that an action has taken place even though one might have expected otherwise

-mo (Suffix) [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] relative marker, wherein

-mo- (Infix) infixed form of -mo (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] relative marker, wherein”)

-mu- (Infix) her, him; 3rd person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) object concord used before /u/ and /w/

-mw- (Infix) her, him; 3rd person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) object concord used before vowels

-na- (Infix) marker of simultaneity; continuous aspect marker

-ngali- (Infix) would have, past conditional maker

-nge- (Infix) would, present conditional maker

-ngeli- (Infix) subjunctive or conditional marker, contrary to fact

-ni (Suffix) With nouns, indicates location: in/inside, at, on

-ni- (Infix) me, 1st person singular object concord

-o (Suffix) suffix used in nominal forms of verbs in the absence of a more specific suffix (such as -aji), in conjunction with a noun class prefix

-o- (Infix) infixed form of -o (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]], [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]], and [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] relative marker”)

-oa (Suffix) mid vowel variant of -ua

-pa- (Infix) there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] object concord

-po (Suffix) [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] relative marker, while, when

-po- (Infix) infixed form of -po (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] relative marker, while”)

-si- (Infix) Only used in -singe- and -singali-, negative marker for the conditional mood

-singali- (Infix) would not have, negative past conditional maker

-singe- (Infix) would not, negative present conditional maker

-sipo- (Infix) if not, negative conditional mood marker

-ta- (Infix) will, positive and negative future tense marker

-taka- (Infix) will, relative positive future tense marker

-tu- (Infix) us, 1st person plural object concord

-u- (Infix) it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] object concord

-ua (Suffix) conversive suffix; reverses the meaning of the verb

-vi- (Infix) them, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|vi class_((VIII))]] object concord

-vu (Suffix) suffix used to derive a noun or adjective from a verb with stem ending in a vowel

-vyo (Suffix) [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|vi class_((VIII))]] relative marker; the way that

-vyo- (Infix) infixed form of -vyo (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|vi class_((VIII))]] relative marker, the way that”)

-wa (Suffix) passive suffix

-wa- (Infix) you, 2nd person plural object concord

-wa- (Infix) them, 3rd person plural ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]]) object concord

-ya (Suffix) causative suffix; used to construct a causative verb with slightly different meaning

-ya- (Infix) them, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]] object concord

-ye (Suffix) [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]] relative marker

-ye- (Infix) infixed form of -ye (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]] relative marker”)

-yo (Suffix) [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|mi class_((IV))]], [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]], and [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX))]] relative marker

-yo- (Infix) infixed form of -yo (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|mi class_((IV))]], [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]], and [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX))]] relative marker”)

-z (Suffix) "urbanizes" a word, makes it more hip with youth

-za (Suffix) Alternative form of -ya used after a vowel

-zi (Suffix) suffix used after a vowel in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix

-zi- (Infix) them, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((X))]] object concord

-zo (Suffix) [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((X))]] relative marker

-zo- (Infix) infixed form of -zo (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((X))]] relative marker”)

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