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"text": "sijui",
"type": "example"
}
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"general negative marker"
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"id": "en--i-sw-suffix-SoT6eAa9",
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"(without TAM infix) general negative marker"
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"without TAM infix"
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"word": "Positive infinitive"
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"word": "ku-"
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"word": "kw-1"
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"word": "Negative infinitive"
},
{
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"word": "Habitual"
},
{
"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"word": "Telegrammic"
},
{
"word": "ka-1"
},
{
"tags": [
"indicative",
"positive"
],
"word": "General"
},
{
"word": "-a"
},
{
"word": "Positive subjunctive"
},
{
"word": "-e"
},
{
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"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": "-i"
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"_dis": "27 73",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "-penda (“to love”) + -i → mpenzi (“lover”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "-andika (“to write”) + -i → maandishi (“writing, script”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix"
],
"id": "en--i-sw-suffix-YwB6ovbJ",
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"(often with spirantization of the preceding consonant) suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix"
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"with spirantization of the preceding consonant"
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{
"sense": "after a vowel",
"word": "-zi"
}
],
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"morpheme",
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}
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"word": "-i"
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"word": "kw-1"
},
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"word": "Negative infinitive"
},
{
"word": "kuto-"
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{
"word": "Habitual"
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"word": "hu-1"
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{
"word": "Telegrammic"
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"word": "-a"
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"word": "Positive subjunctive"
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{
"word": "-e"
},
{
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"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"
}
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"categories": [
"Swahili terms with usage examples"
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{
"english": "I don't know",
"text": "sijui",
"type": "example"
}
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"general negative marker"
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"(without TAM infix) general negative marker"
],
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"without TAM infix"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-i"
}
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"Pages with raw sortkeys",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili suffixes"
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],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "-penda (“to love”) + -i → mpenzi (“lover”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "-andika (“to write”) + -i → maandishi (“writing, script”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(often with spirantization of the preceding consonant) suffix used in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with spirantization of the preceding consonant"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"often"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "after a vowel",
"word": "-zi"
}
],
"word": "-i"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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