kwea

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-kwea (infinitive kukwea)

  1. to climb

Conjugation
Conjugation of -kwea
Positive present -nakwea
Subjunctive -kwee
Negative -kwei
Imperative singular kwea
Infinitives
Positive kukwea
Negative kutokwea
Imperatives
Singular kwea
Plural kweeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukwea
Positive past positive subject concord + -likwea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukwea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakwea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakwea/nakwea tunakwea
2nd person unakwea mnakwea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakwea wanakwea
other classes positive subject concord + -nakwea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kwei)
Singular Plural
1st person sikwei hatukwei
2nd person hukwei hamkwei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakwei hawakwei
other classes negative subject concord + -kwei
Positive future positive subject concord + -takwea
Negative future negative subject concord + -takwea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kwee)
Singular Plural
1st person nikwee tukwee
2nd person ukwee mkwee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akwee wakwee
other classes positive subject concord + -kwee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikwee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekwea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekwea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikwea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikwea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akwea)
Singular Plural
1st person nakwea twakwea
2nd person wakwea mwakwea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akwea wakwea
m-mi(III/IV) wakwea yakwea
ji-ma(V/VI) lakwea yakwea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakwea vyakwea
n(IX/X) yakwea zakwea
u(XI) wakwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakwea
pa(XVI) pakwea
mu(XVIII) mwakwea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekwea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakwea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakwea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikwea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokwea
Consecutive kakwea / positive subject concord + -kakwea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakwee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikwea -tukwea
2nd person -kukwea -wakwea/-kukweeni/-wakweeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkwea -wakwea
m-mi(III/IV) -ukwea -ikwea
ji-ma(V/VI) -likwea -yakwea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikwea -vikwea
n(IX/X) -ikwea -zikwea
u(XI) -ukwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukwea
pa(XVI) -pakwea
mu(XVIII) -mukwea
Reflexive -jikwea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kwea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kweaye -kweao
m-mi(III/IV) -kweao -kweayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kwealo -kweayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kweacho -kweavyo
n(IX/X) -kweayo -kweazo
u(XI) -kweao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kweako
pa(XVI) -kweapo
mu(XVIII) -kweamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kwea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekwea -okwea
m-mi(III/IV) -okwea -yokwea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokwea -yokwea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokwea -vyokwea
n(IX/X) -yokwea -zokwea
u(XI) -okwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokwea
pa(XVI) -pokwea
mu(XVIII) -mokwea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms
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West Frisian

Etymology

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Adjective

kwea

  1. evil

Inflection
Inflection of kwea
uninflected kwea
inflected kweade
comparative kweader
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kweakweaderit kweast
it kweaste
indefinite c. sing. kweadekweaderekweaste
n. sing. kweakweaderkweaste
plural kweadekweaderekweaste
definite kweadekweaderekweaste
partitive kweaskweaders—

Further reading
  • “kwea (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

kwea n (plural kweaden)

  1. evil

Further reading
  • “kwea (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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