"-a" meaning in Swahili

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|sw|suffix}} -a
  1. positive indicative ending for verbs of Bantu origin Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-sw-suffix-ZRlxSS8b Categories (other): Pages with 51 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 51 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 51 entries: 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Related terms: Positive infinitive, ku-, kw-1, Negative infinitive, kuto-, Habitual, hu-1, Telegrammic, ka-1, General [indicative, positive], Positive subjunctive, -e, Negative present, -i, Second person plural, -ni, Positive past, -li-, Positive present, -na-, Positive future, -ta-, Negative subjunctive, -si-1, Positive present conditional, -nge-, Negative present conditional, -singe-, Positive past conditional, -ngali-, Negative past conditional, -singali-, Gnomic, -a-1, Perfect, -me-, past (english: Already), -lisha-, present (english: Already), -mesha-, -sha-, -ki-1, -sipo-, Consecutive, -ka-1, Negative past, -ku-1, Negative future, -ja-1, Past, Present, Future, -taka-, Negative, -si-, 1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-, -kw- in monosyllabic verbs

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 51 entries",
          "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"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 51 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "positive indicative ending for verbs of Bantu origin"
      ],
      "id": "en--a-sw-suffix-ZRlxSS8b",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Positive infinitive"
        },
        {
          "word": "ku-"
        },
        {
          "word": "kw-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative infinitive"
        },
        {
          "word": "kuto-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Habitual"
        },
        {
          "word": "hu-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Telegrammic"
        },
        {
          "word": "ka-1"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "indicative",
            "positive"
          ],
          "word": "General"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive subjunctive"
        },
        {
          "word": "-e"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative present"
        },
        {
          "word": "-i"
        },
        {
          "word": "Second person plural"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ni"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive past"
        },
        {
          "word": "-li-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive present"
        },
        {
          "word": "-na-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive future"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ta-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative subjunctive"
        },
        {
          "word": "-si-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive present conditional"
        },
        {
          "word": "-nge-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative present conditional"
        },
        {
          "word": "-singe-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Positive past conditional"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ngali-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative past conditional"
        },
        {
          "word": "-singali-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gnomic"
        },
        {
          "word": "-a-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Perfect"
        },
        {
          "word": "-me-"
        },
        {
          "english": "Already",
          "word": "past"
        },
        {
          "word": "-lisha-"
        },
        {
          "english": "Already",
          "word": "present"
        },
        {
          "word": "-mesha-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sha-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ki-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sipo-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Consecutive"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ka-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative past"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ku-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative future"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ja-1"
        },
        {
          "word": "Past"
        },
        {
          "word": "Present"
        },
        {
          "word": "Future"
        },
        {
          "word": "-taka-"
        },
        {
          "word": "Negative"
        },
        {
          "word": "-si-"
        },
        {
          "word": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-a"
}
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Positive infinitive"
    },
    {
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "kw-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative infinitive"
    },
    {
      "word": "kuto-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Habitual"
    },
    {
      "word": "hu-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Telegrammic"
    },
    {
      "word": "ka-1"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "positive"
      ],
      "word": "General"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive subjunctive"
    },
    {
      "word": "-e"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative present"
    },
    {
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "word": "Second person plural"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ni"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive past"
    },
    {
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive present"
    },
    {
      "word": "-na-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive future"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative subjunctive"
    },
    {
      "word": "-si-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive present conditional"
    },
    {
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative present conditional"
    },
    {
      "word": "-singe-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Positive past conditional"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ngali-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative past conditional"
    },
    {
      "word": "-singali-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gnomic"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Perfect"
    },
    {
      "word": "-me-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "word": "past"
    },
    {
      "word": "-lisha-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "word": "present"
    },
    {
      "word": "-mesha-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sha-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ki-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sipo-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Consecutive"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ka-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative past"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ku-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative future"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ja-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Past"
    },
    {
      "word": "Present"
    },
    {
      "word": "Future"
    },
    {
      "word": "-taka-"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative"
    },
    {
      "word": "-si-"
    },
    {
      "word": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 51 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "positive indicative ending for verbs of Bantu origin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-a"
}

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