"-me-" meaning in Swahili

See -me- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Infix

Audio: Sw-ke-me.flac
Etymology: From the same root as -maliza (“to finish”). Head templates: {{head|sw|infix}} -me- Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], nime- [first-person, singular], tume- [first-person, plural], ume- [second-person, singular], mme- [plural, second-person], ame- [class-1, class-2, singular, third-person], wame- [class-1, class-2, plural, third-person], ume- [class-3, class-4, singular, third-person], ime- [class-3, class-4, plural, third-person], lime- [class-5, class-6, singular, third-person], yame- [class-5, class-6, plural, third-person], kime- [class-7, class-8, singular, third-person], vime- [class-7, class-8, plural, third-person], ime- [class-10, class-9, singular, third-person], zime- [class-10, class-9, plural, third-person], ume- [class-11, singular, third-person], kume- [class-15, class-17, singular, third-person], pame- [class-16, singular, third-person], mme- [class-18, singular, third-person]
  1. (in active verbs) perfect aspect marker Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--me--sw-infix-bS3ULxfQ Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili infixes Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Swahili infixes: 50 50
  2. (in stative verbs) stative aspect marker Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--me--sw-infix-~TYiTadD Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili infixes Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Swahili infixes: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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; 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- Disambiguation of 'Final': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Final; General (positive indicative)': 47 53 Disambiguation of 'Final; Positive subjunctive': 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Final; Second person plural': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional': 49 51 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive': 47 53 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional': 49 51 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional': 49 51 Disambiguation of 'Initial': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Initial; Habitual': 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Initial; Negative infinitive': 47 53 Disambiguation of 'Initial; Positive infinitive': 47 53 Disambiguation of 'Relative; Future': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Relative; Negative': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Relative; Past': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Relative; Present': 0 0
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  "etymology_text": "From the same root as -maliza (“to finish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-cl",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mme-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ame-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wame-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pame-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mme-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "infix"
      },
      "expansion": "-me-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "infix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
      "word": "kw-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
      "word": "kuto-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "sense": "Initial; Habitual",
      "word": "hu-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Initial",
      "word": "ka-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
      "word": "-e"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Final",
      "tags": [
        "-i"
      ],
      "word": "Negative present"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Final; Second person plural",
      "word": "-ni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
      "word": "-na-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
      "word": "-si-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
      "word": "-singe-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
      "word": "-ngali-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
      "word": "-singali-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-a-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "past: -lisha-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "present: -mesha-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-sha-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "english": "If/When",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-ki-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "english": "If not",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-sipo-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
      "word": "-ka-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
      "word": "-ku-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "english": "Not yet",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
      "word": "-ja-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
      "word": "-ngali-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Relative; Past",
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Relative; Present",
      "word": "-na-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Relative; Future",
      "word": "-taka-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Relative; Negative",
      "word": "-si-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili infixes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "they have left",
          "text": "wamekwenda zao",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I had read it",
          "text": "nilikuwa nimekisoma",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "id": "en--me--sw-infix-bS3ULxfQ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in active verbs) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in active verbs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili infixes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "they are asleep",
          "text": "wemelala",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you are late",
          "text": "umechelewa",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stative aspect marker"
      ],
      "id": "en--me--sw-infix-~TYiTadD",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in stative verbs) stative aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in stative verbs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-me.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Sw-ke-me.flac/Sw-ke-me.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Sw-ke-me.flac/Sw-ke-me.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-me-"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili infixes",
    "Swahili lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the same root as -maliza (“to finish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-cl",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mme-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ame-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wame-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yame-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zime-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kume-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pame-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mme-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "infix"
      },
      "expansion": "-me-",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "they have left",
          "text": "wamekwenda zao",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I had read it",
          "text": "nilikuwa nimekisoma",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in active verbs) perfect aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in active verbs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "they are asleep",
          "text": "wemelala",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you are late",
          "text": "umechelewa",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stative aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in stative verbs) stative aspect marker"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in stative verbs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-me.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Sw-ke-me.flac/Sw-ke-me.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Sw-ke-me.flac/Sw-ke-me.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-me-"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -me- meaning in Swahili (5.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Telegrammic: ka-1 desc=Telegrammic rest=ka-1 cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
  "path": [
    "-me-"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "infix",
  "title": "-me-",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Gnomic: -a-1 desc=Gnomic rest=-a-1 cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
  "path": [
    "-me-"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "infix",
  "title": "-me-",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). 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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