"fungama" meaning in Swahili

See fungama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: -funga (“to tie, to fasten”) + -ama. Etymology templates: {{af|sw|funga<alt:-funga><t:to tie, to fasten>|-ama}} -funga (“to tie, to fasten”) + -ama Head templates: {{sw-verb}} -fungama (infinitive kufungama) Inflection templates: {{sw-conj|intr=y}} Forms: -fungama [canonical], kufungama [infinitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], kufungama [infinitive], kutofungama [infinitive, negative], no-table-tags [table-tags], fungama [imperative, singular], fungameni [imperative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], hufungama [habitual], positive subject concord + -lifungama [past], negative subject concord + -kufungama [negative, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ninafungama [first-person, present, singular], nafungama [first-person, present, singular], tunafungama [first-person, plural, present], unafungama [present, second-person, singular], mnafungama [plural, present, second-person], anafungama [class-1, class-2, present, singular, third-person], wanafungama [class-1, class-2, plural, present, third-person], positive subject concord + -nafungama [present, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], sifungami [first-person, negative, present, singular], hatufungami [first-person, negative, plural, present], hufungami [negative, present, second-person, singular], hamfungami [negative, plural, present, second-person], hafungami [class-1, class-2, negative, present, singular, third-person], hawafungami [class-1, class-2, negative, plural, present, third-person], negative subject concord + -fungami [negative, present, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], positive subject concord + -tafungama [future], negative subject concord + -tafungama [future, negative], no-table-tags [table-tags], nifungame [first-person, singular, subjunctive], tufungame [first-person, plural, subjunctive], ufungame [second-person, singular, subjunctive], mfungame [plural, second-person, subjunctive], afungame [class-1, class-2, singular, subjunctive, third-person], wafungame [class-1, class-2, plural, subjunctive, third-person], positive subject concord + -fungame [subjunctive, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], positive subject concord + -sifungame [negative, subjunctive], positive subject concord + -ngefungama [irrealis, present], positive subject concord + -singefungama [irrealis, negative, present], positive subject concord + -ngalifungama [irrealis, past], positive subject concord + -singalifungama [irrealis, negative, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], nafungama [first-person, gnomic, singular], twafungama [first-person, gnomic, plural], wafungama [gnomic, second-person, singular], mwafungama [gnomic, plural, second-person], afungama [class-1, class-2, gnomic, singular, third-person], wafungama [class-1, class-2, gnomic, plural, third-person], wafungama [class-3, class-4, gnomic, singular, third-person], yafungama [class-3, class-4, gnomic, plural, third-person], lafungama [class-5, class-6, gnomic, singular, third-person], yafungama [class-5, class-6, gnomic, plural, third-person], chafungama [class-7, class-8, gnomic, singular, third-person], vyafungama [class-7, class-8, gnomic, plural, third-person], yafungama [class-10, class-9, gnomic, singular, third-person], zafungama [class-10, class-9, gnomic, plural, third-person], wafungama [class-11, gnomic, singular, third-person], kwafungama [class-15, class-17, gnomic, singular, third-person], pafungama [class-16, gnomic, singular, third-person], mwafungama [class-18, gnomic, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], positive subject concord + -mefungama [perfect], positive subject concord + -meshafungama [already-form], negative subject concord + -jafungama [not-yet-form], positive subject concord + -kifungama [if-when-form], positive subject concord + -sipofungama [if-not-form], kafungama / positive subject concord + -kafungama [consecutive], positive subject concord + -kafungame [consecutive, subjunctive], - [error-unrecognized-form], no-table-tags [table-tags], -fungamaye [class-1, class-2, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], -fungamao [class-1, class-2, general-mood, object-concord, plural, relative], -fungamao [class-3, class-4, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], -fungamayo [class-3, class-4, general-mood, object-concord, plural, relative], -fungamalo [class-5, class-6, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], -fungamayo [class-5, class-6, general-mood, object-concord, plural, relative], -fungamacho [class-7, class-8, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], -fungamavyo [class-7, class-8, general-mood, object-concord, plural, relative], -fungamayo [class-10, class-9, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], -fungamazo [class-10, class-9, general-mood, object-concord, plural, relative], -fungamao [class-11, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], -fungamako [class-15, class-17, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], -fungamapo [class-16, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], -fungamamo [class-18, general-mood, object-concord, relative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], -yefungama [class-1, class-2, object-concord, relative, singular], -ofungama [class-1, class-2, object-concord, plural, relative], -ofungama [class-3, class-4, object-concord, relative, singular], -yofungama [class-3, class-4, object-concord, plural, relative], -lofungama [class-5, class-6, object-concord, relative, singular], -yofungama [class-5, class-6, object-concord, plural, relative], -chofungama [class-7, class-8, object-concord, relative, singular], -vyofungama [class-7, class-8, object-concord, plural, relative], -yofungama [class-10, class-9, object-concord, relative, singular], -zofungama [class-10, class-9, object-concord, plural, relative], -ofungama [class-11, object-concord, relative, singular], -kofungama [class-15, class-17, object-concord, relative, singular], -pofungama [class-16, object-concord, relative, singular], -mofungama [class-18, object-concord, relative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. [object-concord, relative]
  1. to be bound, to be tied Derived forms (Reciprocal): -fungamana [verb]
    Sense id: en-fungama-sw-verb-0Xq2AVMz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms suffixed with -ama
     
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  "etymology_text": "-funga (“to tie, to fasten”) + -ama.",
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      "form": "-fungama",
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      "form": "kufungama",
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      "form": "kutofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "negative"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "fungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "fungameni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "hufungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "habitual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -lifungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -kufungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "sw-conj",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ninafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mnafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wanafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -nafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sifungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatufungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hufungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamfungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hafungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hawafungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -fungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -tafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -tafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nifungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tufungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ufungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mfungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -fungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -sifungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -ngefungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -singefungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "negative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -ngalifungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -singalifungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "gnomic",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "gnomic",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gnomic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -mefungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -meshafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "already-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -jafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "not-yet-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -kifungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "if-when-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -sipofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "if-not-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafungama / positive subject concord + -kafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "consecutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -kafungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "consecutive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamalo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamacho",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamavyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamazo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamako",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamapo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamamo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yefungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-chofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-vyofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-zofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-pofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "object-concord",
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-fungama (infinitive kufungama)",
      "name": "sw-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "intr": "y"
      },
      "name": "sw-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili terms suffixed with -ama",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "sense": "Reciprocal",
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-fungamana"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be bound, to be tied"
      ],
      "id": "en-fungama-sw-verb-0Xq2AVMz",
      "links": [
        [
          "bound",
          "bind"
        ],
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fungama"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Reciprocal",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-fungamana"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "funga<alt:-funga><t:to tie, to fasten>",
        "3": "-ama"
      },
      "expansion": "-funga (“to tie, to fasten”) + -ama",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "-funga (“to tie, to fasten”) + -ama.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-fungama",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kufungama",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kufungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kutofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fungameni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hufungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "habitual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -lifungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -kufungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ninafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mnafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wanafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -nafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sifungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatufungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hufungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamfungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hafungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hawafungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -fungami",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -tafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -tafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nifungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tufungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ufungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mfungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -fungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -sifungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -ngefungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -singefungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "negative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -ngalifungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -singalifungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "gnomic",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "gnomic",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gnomic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -mefungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -meshafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "already-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -jafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "not-yet-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -kifungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "if-when-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -sipofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "if-not-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafungama / positive subject concord + -kafungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "consecutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -kafungame",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "consecutive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamalo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamacho",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamavyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamazo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamako",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamapo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-fungamamo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "general-mood",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yefungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-chofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-vyofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-zofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-pofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mofungama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "object-concord",
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-fungama (infinitive kufungama)",
      "name": "sw-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "intr": "y"
      },
      "name": "sw-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili terms suffixed with -ama",
        "Swahili verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be bound, to be tied"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bound",
          "bind"
        ],
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fungama"
}

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