"-si-" meaning in Swahili

See -si- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Infix

Head templates: {{head|sw|infix}} -si- Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], nisi- [first-person, singular], tusi- [first-person, plural], usi- [second-person, singular], msi- [plural, second-person], asi- [class-1, class-2, singular, third-person], wasi- [class-1, class-2, plural, third-person], usi- [class-3, class-4, singular, third-person], isi- [class-3, class-4, plural, third-person], lisi- [class-5, class-6, singular, third-person], yasi- [class-5, class-6, plural, third-person], kisi- [class-7, class-8, singular, third-person], visi- [class-7, class-8, plural, third-person], isi- [class-10, class-9, singular, third-person], zisi- [class-10, class-9, plural, third-person], usi- [class-11, singular, third-person], kusi- [class-15, class-17, singular, third-person], pasi- [class-16, singular, third-person], msi- [class-18, singular, third-person], For more information
  1. (with suffix -e) negative subjunctive marker Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--si--sw-infix-Nj3JQOwC
  2. (with suffix -e) negative subjunctive marker
    negative imperative marker
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--si--sw-infix-nQoXttfu
  3. negative relative marker Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--si--sw-infix-zaWaIZ-A
  4. Only used in -singe- and -singali-, negative marker for the conditional mood Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--si--sw-infix-dt7Yb9en Categories (other): Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili infixes Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 20 28 0 1 0 23 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 3 11 0 86 Disambiguation of Swahili infixes: 10 24 0 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Positive infinitive, ku-, kw-1, Negative infinitive, kuto-, Habitual, hu-1, Telegrammic, ka-1, General [indicative, positive], -a, 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, 1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-, -kw- in monosyllabic verbs
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "pasi-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "msi-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "For more information",
      "source": "conjugation"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Positive infinitive"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ku-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Negative infinitive"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Telegrammic"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-e"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Negative present"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-i"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Second person plural"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-ni"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Positive past"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-li-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Positive present"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-na-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Positive future"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-ta-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Negative subjunctive"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-si-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Positive present conditional"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Negative present conditional"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-singe-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Positive past conditional"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-ngali-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Negative past conditional"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Gnomic"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Perfect"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-me-"
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-lisha-"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "present"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-mesha-"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-sha-"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-ki-1"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-sipo-"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Consecutive"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-ka-1"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Negative past"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-ku-1"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Negative future"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-ja-1"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Past"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Present"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Future"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-taka-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Negative"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": [
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          "-e",
          "-e#Swahili"
        ]
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        "(with suffix -e) negative subjunctive marker"
      ],
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        "with suffix -e"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "they should not read it",
          "text": "wasikisome",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "negative subjunctive marker",
        "negative imperative marker"
      ],
      "id": "en--si--sw-infix-nQoXttfu",
      "links": [
        [
          "-e",
          "-e#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
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        "(with suffix -e) negative subjunctive marker",
        "negative imperative marker"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with suffix -e"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the child who does not come",
          "text": "mtoto asiyekuja",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "negative relative marker"
      ],
      "id": "en--si--sw-infix-zaWaIZ-A",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 20 28 0 1 0 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 11 0 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "10 24 0 65",
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          "name": "Swahili infixes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Only used in -singe- and -singali-, negative marker for the conditional mood"
      ],
      "id": "en--si--sw-infix-dt7Yb9en",
      "links": [
        [
          "-singe-",
          "-singe-#Swahili"
        ],
        [
          "-singali-",
          "-singali-#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "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-TAM-forms",
      "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": [
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        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisi-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visi-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "isi-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zisi-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "For more information",
      "source": "conjugation"
    }
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  "lang_code": "sw",
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      "word": "Positive infinitive"
    },
    {
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "kw-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Negative infinitive"
    },
    {
      "word": "kuto-"
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      "word": "Habitual"
    },
    {
      "word": "hu-1"
    },
    {
      "word": "Telegrammic"
    },
    {
      "word": "ka-1"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "positive"
      ],
      "word": "General"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "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": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
    }
  ],
  "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-"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -si- meaning in Swahili (5.3kB)

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