"si-" meaning in Swahili

See si- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Audio: Sw-ke-si.flac [Kenya]
Head templates: {{head|sw|prefix}} si-
  1. I do not, 1st person singular negative subject concord Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-si--sw-prefix-qDOv2M35 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Related terms: mimi, ni-, -ni-, nami, na mimi, ndimi, ndiye, simi, siye, -angu, wewe, u-, hu-, -ku-, nawe, na wewe, ndiwe, siwe, -ako, yeye, a-, yu-, ha-, hayu-, -m-, -mw-, -mu-, naye, na yeye, -ake, sisi, tu-, hatu-, -tu-, nasi, na sisi, ndisi, ndio, sio, -etu, ninyi, m-, mw-, mu-, ham-, hamw-, hamu-, -wa-, nanyi, na ninyi, ndinyi, sinyi, -enu, wao, wa-, hawa-, nao, -ao, —, -ji-, For a full table including other classes
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Audio: Sw-ke-si.flac [Kenya]
Head templates: {{head|sw|prefix}} si- Forms: emphatic negative [table-tags], simi [first-person, negative, singular], siye [first-person, negative, singular], sio [first-person, negative, plural], siwe [negative, second-person, singular], siye [negative, second-person, singular], sinyi [negative, plural, second-person], sio [negative, plural, second-person], siye [class-1, class-2, negative, singular, third-person], sio [class-1, class-2, negative, plural, third-person], sio [class-3, class-4, negative, singular, third-person], siyo [class-3, class-4, negative, plural, third-person], silo [class-5, class-6, negative, singular, third-person], siyo [class-5, class-6, negative, plural, third-person], sicho [class-7, class-8, negative, singular, third-person], sivyo [class-7, class-8, negative, plural, third-person], siyo [class-10, class-9, negative, singular, third-person], sizo [class-10, class-9, negative, plural, third-person], sio [class-11, negative, singular, third-person], siko [class-15, class-17, negative, singular, third-person], sipo [class-16, negative, singular, third-person], simo [class-18, negative, singular, third-person], For a full table [negative]
  1. the negative emphatic copula or negative focusing copula: expresses "it is not" with an inflected object Tags: morpheme Related terms: Swahili grammar#Emphatic copula
    Sense id: en-si--sw-prefix-fDoWk~8f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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    "Swahili grammar#Emphatic copula"
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