menya

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kumenya as an equivalent of English know in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kumanya as its equivalent.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛɲa/

Verb

menya (infinitive kũmenya)

  1. to know[2]
    ndiramenya ― I do not know

Synonyms

Derived terms

(Verbs)

  • kũmenyera

(Proverbs)

  • gĩtoĩ kĩmenyaga kĩerwo
  • mũciĩ ũmenyagwo nĩ mũraari ti mũroki

References
  1. Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 233.

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-menya (infinitive kumenya)

  1. to peel

Conjugation
Conjugation of -menya
Positive present -namenya
Subjunctive -menye
Negative -menyi
Imperative singular menya
Infinitives
Positive kumenya
Negative kutomenya
Imperatives
Singular menya
Plural menyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual humenya
Positive past positive subject concord + -limenya
Negative past negative subject concord + -kumenya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -namenya)
Singular Plural
1st person ninamenya/namenya tunamenya
2nd person unamenya mnamenya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anamenya wanamenya
other classes positive subject concord + -namenya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -menyi)
Singular Plural
1st person simenyi hatumenyi
2nd person humenyi hammenyi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hamenyi hawamenyi
other classes negative subject concord + -menyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tamenya
Negative future negative subject concord + -tamenya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -menye)
Singular Plural
1st person nimenye tumenye
2nd person umenye mmenye
3rd person m-wa(I/II) amenye wamenye
other classes positive subject concord + -menye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -simenye
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngemenya
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singemenya
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalimenya
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalimenya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -amenya)
Singular Plural
1st person namenya twamenya
2nd person wamenya mwamenya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) amenya wamenya
m-mi(III/IV) wamenya yamenya
ji-ma(V/VI) lamenya yamenya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chamenya vyamenya
n(IX/X) yamenya zamenya
u(XI) wamenya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwamenya
pa(XVI) pamenya
mu(XVIII) mwamenya
Perfect positive subject concord + -memenya
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshamenya
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jamenya
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kimenya
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipomenya
Consecutive kamenya / positive subject concord + -kamenya
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kamenye
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nimenya -tumenya
2nd person -kumenya -wamenya/-kumenyeni/-wamenyeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mmenya -wamenya
m-mi(III/IV) -umenya -imenya
ji-ma(V/VI) -limenya -yamenya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kimenya -vimenya
n(IX/X) -imenya -zimenya
u(XI) -umenya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kumenya
pa(XVI) -pamenya
mu(XVIII) -mumenya
Reflexive -jimenya
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -menya- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -menyaye -menyao
m-mi(III/IV) -menyao -menyayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -menyalo -menyayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -menyacho -menyavyo
n(IX/X) -menyayo -menyazo
u(XI) -menyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -menyako
pa(XVI) -menyapo
mu(XVIII) -menyamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -menya)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yemenya -omenya
m-mi(III/IV) -omenya -yomenya
ji-ma(V/VI) -lomenya -yomenya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomenya -vyomenya
n(IX/X) -yomenya -zomenya
u(XI) -omenya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -komenya
pa(XVI) -pomenya
mu(XVIII) -momenya
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.