"tafuna" meaning in Swahili

See tafuna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: Sw-ke-tafuna.flac
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-tákuna. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*-tákuna}} Proto-Bantu *-tákuna Head templates: {{sw-verb}} -tafuna (infinitive kutafuna) Inflection templates: {{sw-conj}} Forms: -tafuna [canonical], kutafuna [infinitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], kutafuna [infinitive], kutotafuna [infinitive, negative], no-table-tags [table-tags], tafuna [imperative, singular], tafuneni [imperative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], hutafuna [habitual], positive subject concord + -litafuna [past], negative subject concord + -kutafuna [negative, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ninatafuna [first-person, present, singular], natafuna [first-person, present, singular], tunatafuna [first-person, plural, present], unatafuna [present, second-person, singular], mnatafuna [plural, present, second-person], anatafuna [class-1, class-2, present, singular, third-person], wanatafuna [class-1, class-2, plural, present, third-person], positive subject concord + -natafuna [present, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], sitafuni [first-person, negative, present, singular], hatutafuni [first-person, negative, plural, present], hutafuni [negative, present, second-person, singular], hamtafuni [negative, plural, present, second-person], hatafuni [class-1, class-2, negative, present, singular, third-person], hawatafuni [class-1, class-2, negative, plural, present, third-person], negative subject concord + -tafuni [negative, present, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], positive subject concord + -tatafuna [future], negative subject concord + -tatafuna [future, negative], no-table-tags [table-tags], nitafune [first-person, singular, subjunctive], tutafune [first-person, plural, subjunctive], utafune [second-person, singular, subjunctive], mtafune [plural, second-person, subjunctive], atafune [class-1, class-2, singular, subjunctive, third-person], watafune [class-1, class-2, plural, subjunctive, third-person], positive subject concord + -tafune [subjunctive, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], positive subject concord + -sitafune [negative, subjunctive], positive subject concord + -ngetafuna [irrealis, present], positive subject concord + -singetafuna [irrealis, negative, present], positive subject concord + -ngalitafuna [irrealis, past], positive subject concord + -singalitafuna [irrealis, negative, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], natafuna [first-person, gnomic, singular], twatafuna [first-person, gnomic, plural], watafuna [gnomic, second-person, singular], mwatafuna [gnomic, plural, second-person], atafuna [class-1, class-2, gnomic, singular, third-person], watafuna [class-1, class-2, gnomic, plural, third-person], watafuna [class-3, class-4, gnomic, singular, third-person], yatafuna [class-3, class-4, gnomic, plural, third-person], latafuna [class-5, class-6, gnomic, singular, third-person], yatafuna [class-5, class-6, gnomic, plural, third-person], chatafuna [class-7, class-8, gnomic, singular, third-person], vyatafuna [class-7, class-8, gnomic, plural, third-person], yatafuna [class-10, class-9, gnomic, singular, third-person], zatafuna [class-10, class-9, gnomic, plural, third-person], watafuna [class-11, gnomic, singular, third-person], kwatafuna [class-15, class-17, gnomic, singular, third-person], patafuna [class-16, gnomic, singular, third-person], mwatafuna [class-18, gnomic, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], positive subject concord + -metafuna [perfect], positive subject concord + -meshatafuna [already-form], negative subject concord + -jatafuna [not-yet-form], positive subject concord + -kitafuna [if-when-form], positive subject concord + -sipotafuna [if-not-form], katafuna / positive subject concord + -katafuna [consecutive], positive subject concord + -katafune [consecutive, subjunctive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -nitafuna [first-person, indicative, object-concord, singular], -tutafuna [first-person, indicative, object-concord, plural], -kutafuna [indicative, object-concord, second-person, singular], -watafuna [indicative, object-concord, plural, second-person], -kutafuneni [indicative, object-concord, plural, second-person], -watafuneni [indicative, object-concord, plural, second-person], -mtafuna [class-1, class-2, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -watafuna [class-1, class-2, indicative, object-concord, plural, third-person], -utafuna [class-3, class-4, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -itafuna [class-3, class-4, indicative, object-concord, plural, third-person], -litafuna [class-5, class-6, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -yatafuna [class-5, class-6, indicative, object-concord, plural, third-person], -kitafuna [class-7, class-8, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -vitafuna [class-7, class-8, indicative, object-concord, plural, third-person], -itafuna [class-10, class-9, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -zitafuna [class-10, class-9, indicative, object-concord, plural, third-person], -utafuna [class-11, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -kutafuna [class-15, class-17, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -patafuna [class-16, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -mutafuna [class-18, indicative, object-concord, singular, third-person], -jitafuna [indicative, object-concord, reflexive], no-table-tags [table-tags], General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafuna- + relative marker) [object-concord, relative], -tafunaye [class-1, class-2, object-concord, relative, singular], -tafunao [class-1, class-2, object-concord, plural, relative], -tafunao [class-3, class-4, object-concord, relative, singular], -tafunayo [class-3, class-4, object-concord, plural, relative], -tafunalo [class-5, class-6, object-concord, relative, singular], -tafunayo [class-5, class-6, object-concord, plural, relative], -tafunacho [class-7, class-8, object-concord, relative, singular], -tafunavyo [class-7, class-8, object-concord, plural, relative], -tafunayo [class-10, class-9, object-concord, relative, singular], -tafunazo [class-10, class-9, object-concord, plural, relative], -tafunao [class-11, object-concord, relative, singular], -tafunako [class-15, class-17, object-concord, relative, singular], -tafunapo [class-16, object-concord, relative, singular], -tafunamo [class-18, object-concord, relative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafuna) [object-concord, relative], -yetafuna [class-1, class-2, object-concord, relative, singular], -otafuna [class-1, class-2, object-concord, plural, relative], -otafuna [class-3, class-4, object-concord, relative, singular], -yotafuna [class-3, class-4, object-concord, plural, relative], -lotafuna [class-5, class-6, object-concord, relative, singular], -yotafuna [class-5, class-6, object-concord, plural, relative], -chotafuna [class-7, class-8, object-concord, relative, singular], -vyotafuna [class-7, class-8, object-concord, plural, relative], -yotafuna [class-10, class-9, object-concord, relative, singular], -zotafuna [class-10, class-9, object-concord, plural, relative], -otafuna [class-11, object-concord, relative, singular], -kotafuna [class-15, class-17, object-concord, relative, singular], -potafuna [class-16, object-concord, relative, singular], -motafuna [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 chew, nibble, gnaw Derived forms: -tafunia [applicative, verb], -tafunisha [causative, verb], -tafunwa [passive, verb], -tafunika [stative, verb] Derived forms (Reciprocal): -tafunana [verb]
    Sense id: en-tafuna-sw-verb-uNDV0EMi Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
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      "form": "positive subject concord + -litafuna",
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      "form": "natafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
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      "form": "tunatafuna",
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      "form": "unatafuna",
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      "form": "mnatafuna",
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    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -natafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "sitafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "hatutafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative",
        "plural",
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      "form": "hutafuni",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "hamtafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "hawatafuni",
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      "form": "negative subject concord + -tafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative",
        "present",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -tatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -tatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "negative"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "nitafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "tutafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "utafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mtafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "watafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -tafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -sitafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -ngetafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -singetafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "negative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -ngalitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -singalitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "natafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "gnomic",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "gnomic",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gnomic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kwatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "patafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwatafuna",
      "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 + -metafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -meshatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "already-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -jatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "not-yet-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -kitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "if-when-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -sipotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "if-not-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katafuna / positive subject concord + -katafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "consecutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -katafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "consecutive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-nitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kutafuneni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-watafuneni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mtafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-utafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-itafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-litafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-vitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-itafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-zitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-utafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-patafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-jitafuna",
      "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) + -tafuna- + relative marker)",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "object-concord",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunalo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunacho",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunavyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunazo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunako",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunapo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunamo",
      "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) + -tafuna)",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "object-concord",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yetafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-otafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-otafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-chotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-vyotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-zotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-otafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-potafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-motafuna",
      "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": "-tafuna (infinitive kutafuna)",
      "name": "sw-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "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": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "applicative",
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-tafunia"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "causative",
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-tafunisha"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "passive",
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-tafunwa"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "stative",
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-tafunika"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Reciprocal",
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-tafunana"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to chew, nibble, gnaw"
      ],
      "id": "en-tafuna-sw-verb-uNDV0EMi",
      "links": [
        [
          "chew",
          "chew"
        ],
        [
          "nibble",
          "nibble"
        ],
        [
          "gnaw",
          "gnaw"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-tafuna.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/Sw-ke-tafuna.flac/Sw-ke-tafuna.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/Sw-ke-tafuna.flac/Sw-ke-tafuna.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tafuna"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "applicative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-tafunia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-tafunisha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-tafunwa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Reciprocal",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-tafunana"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-tafunika"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-tákuna"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-tákuna",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-tákuna.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-tafuna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kutafuna",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kutotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tafuneni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "habitual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -litafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -kutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ninatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "natafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mnatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wanatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -natafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sitafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatutafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hutafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamtafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hawatafuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -tafuni",
      "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 + -tatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -tatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tutafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mtafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "watafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -tafune",
      "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 + -sitafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -ngetafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "irrealis",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "positive subject concord + -singetafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "negative",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -ngalitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "irrealis",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -singalitafuna",
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      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "natafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "gnomic",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "gnomic",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gnomic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atafuna",
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        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "watafuna",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "watafuna",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "yatafuna",
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        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "latafuna",
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        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "yatafuna",
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        "class-5",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "chatafuna",
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        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "vyatafuna",
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        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "yatafuna",
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        "class-10",
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        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "zatafuna",
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        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "gnomic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class-11",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "kwatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "patafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class-16",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mwatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "gnomic",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -metafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -meshatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "already-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "negative subject concord + -jatafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "not-yet-form"
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    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -kitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "if-when-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -sipotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "if-not-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "katafuna / positive subject concord + -katafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "consecutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "positive subject concord + -katafune",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "consecutive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-nitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kutafuna",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-watafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-kutafuneni",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
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      "form": "-watafuneni",
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        "indicative",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "-mtafuna",
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        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "-watafuna",
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        "class-2",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "-utafuna",
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        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-itafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-litafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yatafuna",
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      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-vitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-itafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-zitafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-utafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-patafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mutafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "indicative",
        "object-concord",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-jitafuna",
      "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) + -tafuna- + relative marker)",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "object-concord",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunalo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunacho",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunavyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunayo",
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      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunazo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunao",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunako",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunapo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tafunamo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafuna)",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "object-concord",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yetafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-otafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-otafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-chotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-vyotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "object-concord",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yotafuna",
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      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-zotafuna",
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      "tags": [
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        "class-9",
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        "plural",
        "relative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-otafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class-11",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kotafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-potafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-motafuna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "object-concord",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "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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