sihi

See also: sīhī

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: si‧hi

Noun

sihi

  1. the snakeskin nerite (Nerita exuvia)

Karao

Noun

sihi

  1. small pieces of rice left after winnowing (usually fed to chickens)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation
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Verb

-sihi (infinitive kusihi)

  1. to plead, to beg, to beseech, to supplicate

Conjugation
Conjugation of -sihi
Positive present -nasihi
Subjunctive -sihi
Negative -sihi
Imperative singular sihi
Infinitives
Positive kusihi
Negative kutosihi
Imperatives
Singular sihi
Plural sihini
Tensed forms
Habitual husihi
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisihi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusihi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasihi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasihi/nasihi tunasihi
2nd person unasihi mnasihi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasihi wanasihi
other classes positive subject concord + -nasihi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sihi)
Singular Plural
1st person sisihi hatusihi
2nd person husihi hamsihi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasihi hawasihi
other classes negative subject concord + -sihi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasihi
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasihi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sihi)
Singular Plural
1st person nisihi tusihi
2nd person usihi msihi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asihi wasihi
other classes positive subject concord + -sihi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisihi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesihi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesihi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisihi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisihi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asihi)
Singular Plural
1st person nasihi twasihi
2nd person wasihi mwasihi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asihi wasihi
m-mi(III/IV) wasihi yasihi
ji-ma(V/VI) lasihi yasihi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasihi vyasihi
n(IX/X) yasihi zasihi
u(XI) wasihi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasihi
pa(XVI) pasihi
mu(XVIII) mwasihi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesihi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasihi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasihi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisihi
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposihi
Consecutive kasihi / positive subject concord + -kasihi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasihi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisihi -tusihi
2nd person -kusihi -wasihi/-kusihini/-wasihini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msihi -wasihi
m-mi(III/IV) -usihi -isihi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisihi -yasihi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisihi -visihi
n(IX/X) -isihi -zisihi
u(XI) -usihi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusihi
pa(XVI) -pasihi
mu(XVIII) -musihi
Reflexive -jisihi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sihi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sihiye -sihio
m-mi(III/IV) -sihio -sihiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sihilo -sihiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sihicho -sihivyo
n(IX/X) -sihiyo -sihizo
u(XI) -sihio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sihiko
pa(XVI) -sihipo
mu(XVIII) -sihimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sihi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesihi -osihi
m-mi(III/IV) -osihi -yosihi
ji-ma(V/VI) -losihi -yosihi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosihi -vyosihi
n(IX/X) -yosihi -zosihi
u(XI) -osihi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosihi
pa(XVI) -posihi
mu(XVIII) -mosihi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms
  • Verbal derivations:
    • Applicative: -sihia
    • Causative: -sihisha
    • Passive: -sihiwa
    • Reciprocal: -sihiana
    • Stative: -sihika
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