See -ta- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "yata-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"form": "uta-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "kuta-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mta-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-cl",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sita-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatuta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "huta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hamta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hawata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hauta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "haita-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "halita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hayata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hakita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "havita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"form": "haita-",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hazita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hauta-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hakuta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hapata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hamta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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"pos": "infix",
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"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili infixes",
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},
{
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"text": "watakwenda",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I will not read it",
"text": "sitakisoma",
"type": "example"
}
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[
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"word": "ku-"
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{
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "kw-1"
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{
"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
"word": "kuto-"
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{
"sense": "Initial; Habitual",
"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"sense": "Initial",
"word": "ka-1"
},
{
"sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
"word": "-a"
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{
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
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{
"sense": "Final",
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"-i"
],
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{
"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; 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; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
"word": "-ka-1"
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"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
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},
{
"english": "Not yet",
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"word": "-ja-1"
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{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
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{
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"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Past",
"word": "-li-"
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{
"sense": "Relative; Present",
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},
{
"sense": "Relative; Future",
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Negative",
"word": "-si-"
}
],
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"morpheme"
]
}
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"audio": "Sw-ke-ta.flac",
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"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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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "ita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "lita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kita-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zita-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "uta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kuta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-cl",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatuta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "huta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hamta-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "hauta-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "halita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hayata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "hakita-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
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{
"form": "hazita-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "hauta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hakuta-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hapata-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hamta-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
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},
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"name": "head"
}
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"lang": "Swahili",
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"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "ku-"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "kw-1"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
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"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"sense": "Initial",
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},
{
"sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
"word": "-a"
},
{
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"sense": "Final",
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"-i"
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},
{
"sense": "Final; Second person plural",
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},
{
"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; 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",
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},
{
"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",
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"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"
},
{
"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-"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili doublets",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili infixes",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "Near-synonym: -taka- (“relative positive future tense marker”)"
},
{
"english": "they will go",
"text": "watakwenda",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I will not read it",
"text": "sitakisoma",
"type": "example"
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],
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"will"
]
],
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}
],
"word": "-ta-"
}
Download raw JSONL data for -ta- meaning in Swahili (7.3kB)
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"msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
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"-ta-"
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"title": "-ta-",
"trace": "started on line 150, detected on line 150"
}
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
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],
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"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Telegrammic: ka-1 desc=Telegrammic rest=ka-1 cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
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"-ta-"
],
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"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Gnomic: -a-1 desc=Gnomic rest=-a-1 cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
"path": [
"-ta-"
],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). 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.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.