See -si- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"singular"
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"plural"
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"form": "usi-",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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"second-person"
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
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"form": "usi-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "isi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lisi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yasi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kisi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "visi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "isi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zisi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "usi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kusi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pasi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "msi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
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"2": "infix"
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"expansion": "-si-",
"name": "head"
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"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "infix",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"sense": "Initial",
"word": "ka-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 0 18",
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"sense": "Final",
"tags": [
"-i"
],
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 37 6 20",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
"word": "-si-1"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "such that I would not eat",
"text": "ili nisile",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Can't you tell it me plainly that I may admit it?",
"ref": "R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249",
"roman": "Hunelezi nami kali baini, liwapo na-sura nisi katae.",
"text": "هُنِلِزِ نَمِ كَلِ بَيْنِ ، لِوَاپُ نَسُرَ نِسِ كَتَيْ",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"negative subjunctive marker"
],
"id": "en--si--sw-infix-Nj3JQOwC",
"links": [
[
"-e",
"-e#Swahili"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with suffix -e) negative subjunctive marker"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with suffix -e"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "they should not read it",
"text": "wasikisome",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"negative subjunctive marker",
"negative imperative marker"
],
"id": "en--si--sw-infix-nQoXttfu",
"links": [
[
"-e",
"-e#Swahili"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with suffix -e) negative subjunctive marker",
"negative imperative marker"
],
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"with suffix -e"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "the child who does not come",
"text": "mtoto asiyekuja",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"negative relative marker"
],
"id": "en--si--sw-infix-zaWaIZ-A",
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"_dis1": "0 0 84 16",
"sense": "Relative; Past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 84 16",
"sense": "Relative; Present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 84 16",
"sense": "Relative; Future",
"word": "-taka-"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "26 19 26 0 1 6 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 16 17 66",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "8 8 16 68",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili infixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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],
"id": "en--si--sw-infix-dt7Yb9en",
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"-singe-",
"-singe-#Swahili"
],
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"-singali-",
"-singali-#Swahili"
]
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"related": [
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"_dis1": "20 20 0 59",
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "ku-"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 20 0 59",
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "kw-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 14 37",
"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 27 0 47",
"sense": "Initial; Habitual",
"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 27 0 53",
"sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
"word": "-a"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 25 0 50",
"sense": "Final; Second person plural",
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 53",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 16 3 70",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 18 7 61",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-singe-"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 16 6 65",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 20 12 51",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-singali-"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "past: -lisha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "present: -mesha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"english": "If/When",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"english": "If not",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sipo-"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 23 0 54",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 0 53",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 26 15 33",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
"word": "-ku-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 26 15 33",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 26 15 33",
"english": "Not yet",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 18 8 59",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 20 13 49",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-si-"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili infixes",
"Swahili lemmas"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-cl",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nisi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tusi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "usi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "msi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "asi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "usi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "isi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lisi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yasi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kisi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "visi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "isi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zisi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "usi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kusi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pasi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "msi-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-si-",
"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"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"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-"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swahili terms with quotations",
"Swahili terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "such that I would not eat",
"text": "ili nisile",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Can't you tell it me plainly that I may admit it?",
"ref": "R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249",
"roman": "Hunelezi nami kali baini, liwapo na-sura nisi katae.",
"text": "هُنِلِزِ نَمِ كَلِ بَيْنِ ، لِوَاپُ نَسُرَ نِسِ كَتَيْ",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"negative subjunctive marker"
],
"links": [
[
"-e",
"-e#Swahili"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with suffix -e) negative subjunctive marker"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with suffix -e"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swahili terms with quotations",
"Swahili terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "they should not read it",
"text": "wasikisome",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"negative subjunctive marker",
"negative imperative marker"
],
"links": [
[
"-e",
"-e#Swahili"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with suffix -e) negative subjunctive marker",
"negative imperative marker"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with suffix -e"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swahili terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the child who does not come",
"text": "mtoto asiyekuja",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"negative relative marker"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Only used in -singe- and -singali-, negative marker for the conditional mood"
],
"links": [
[
"-singe-",
"-singe-#Swahili"
],
[
"-singali-",
"-singali-#Swahili"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-si-"
}
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