See kita in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*bìtáà",
"4": "",
"5": "war, army"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*bʊ̀táà",
"4": "",
"5": "bow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà (“bow”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”), derived from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà (“bow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kita class VII",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "vita class VIII",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi"
},
"expansion": "kita class VII (plural vita class VIII)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sw",
"name": "War",
"orig": "sw:War",
"parents": [
"Conflict",
"Military",
"Violence",
"Human behaviour",
"Society",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a war, a battle"
],
"id": "en-kita-sw-noun-rorKk5hf",
"links": [
[
"war",
"war"
],
[
"battle",
"battle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually in the plural) a war, a battle"
],
"tags": [
"plural-normally"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-kita.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/Sw-ke-kita.flac/Sw-ke-kita.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/Sw-ke-kita.flac/Sw-ke-kita.flac.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:kita"
],
"word": "kita"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*bìtáà",
"4": "",
"5": "war, army"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*bʊ̀táà",
"4": "",
"5": "bow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà (“bow”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”), derived from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà (“bow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-kita",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kukita",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "kutokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kiteni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"habitual"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -likita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ninakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tunakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "unakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mnakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "anakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wanakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -nakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sikiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatukiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hukiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hamkiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hakiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hawakiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kiti",
"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 + -takita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -takita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nikite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tukite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ukite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "mkite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "akite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kite",
"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 + -sikite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngekita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singekita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "akita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vyakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwakita",
"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 + -mekita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "kakita / positive subject concord + -kakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kakite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-kukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-wakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kukiteni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wakiteni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mkita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-likita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-vikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-pakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kita- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitaye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitalo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitacho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitavyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitazo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitako",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitapo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitamo",
"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": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kita)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
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"class-2",
"object-concord",
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},
{
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
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"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-okita",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokita",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
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},
{
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-6",
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},
{
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"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyokita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
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},
{
"form": "-yokita",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
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]
},
{
"form": "-zokita",
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"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-okita",
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"class-11",
"object-concord",
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},
{
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},
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"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-mokita",
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"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
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"tags": [
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"relative"
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}
],
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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]
},
{
"form": "kukita",
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]
},
{
"form": "kutokita",
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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]
},
{
"form": "kita",
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},
{
"form": "kiteni",
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]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hukita",
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -likita",
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kukita",
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"tags": [
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ninakita",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tunakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "unakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mnakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "anakita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wanakita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -nakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sikiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"negative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatukiti",
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"first-person",
"negative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hukiti",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hamkiti",
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"present",
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]
},
{
"form": "hakiti",
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"class-2",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "hawakiti",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kiti",
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"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 + -takita",
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"future"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -takita",
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"future",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nikite",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tukite",
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"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ukite",
"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "mkite",
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"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "akite",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakite",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kite",
"source": "conjugation",
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"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sikite",
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"negative",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngekita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"irrealis",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singekita",
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"negative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalikita",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalikita",
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"irrealis",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nakita",
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"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twakita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wakita",
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"gnomic",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwakita",
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"gnomic",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "akita",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"class-2",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"class-4",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakita",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lakita",
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"class-6",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakita",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chakita",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vyakita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakita",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zakita",
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"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakita",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwakita",
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"class-15",
"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pakita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-16",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwakita",
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"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 + -mekita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kikita",
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"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipokita",
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"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "kakita / positive subject concord + -kakita",
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kakite",
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"consecutive",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tukita",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-kukita",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-wakita",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kukiteni",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wakiteni",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mkita",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wakita",
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"class-2",
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"object-concord",
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},
{
"form": "-ukita",
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"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "-ikita",
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"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-likita",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yakita",
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"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kikita",
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"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "-vikita",
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"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
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{
"form": "-ikita",
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"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-pakita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mukita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jikita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kita- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitaye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitalo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitacho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitavyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitazo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitako",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitapo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitamo",
"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": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kita)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yekita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-okita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-okita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-lokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-chokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-zokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-okita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-pokita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-mokita",
"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"
]
}
],
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],
"lang": "Swahili",
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to stand one's ground"
],
"links": [
[
"stand one's ground",
"stand one's ground"
]
]
}
],
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}
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],
"word": "kita"
}
Download raw JSONL data for kita meaning in Swahili (17.8kB)
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