patwa

See also: Patwa

English

Etymology

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Noun

patwa (plural patwas)

1. (Guyana) Any of the genus Cichlasoma of fishes.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-patwa (infinitive kupatwa)

1. Passive form of -pata: to be gotten, to be caught

Conjugation

Conjugation of -patwa
Positive present -napatwa Subjunctive -patwe Negative -patwi Imperative singular patwa
Infinitives
Positive kupatwa Negative kutopatwa
Imperatives
Singular patwa Plural patweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupatwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipatwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupatwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napatwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapatwa/napatwa tunapatwa 2nd person unapatwa mnapatwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapatwa wanapatwa other classes positive subject concord + -napatwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -patwi) Singular Plural 1st person sipatwi hatupatwi 2nd person hupatwi hampatwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapatwi hawapatwi other classes negative subject concord + -patwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapatwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapatwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patwe) Singular Plural 1st person nipatwe tupatwe 2nd person upatwe mpatwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatwe wapatwe other classes positive subject concord + -patwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipatwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepatwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepatwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipatwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipatwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apatwa) Singular Plural 1st person napatwa twapatwa 2nd person wapatwa mwapatwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatwa wapatwa m-mi(III/IV) wapatwa yapatwa ji-ma(V/VI) lapatwa yapatwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapatwa vyapatwa n(IX/X) yapatwa zapatwa u(XI) wapatwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapatwa pa(XVI) papatwa mu(XVIII) mwapatwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepatwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapatwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japatwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipatwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopatwa Consecutive kapatwa / positive subject concord + -kapatwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapatwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipatwa -tupatwa 2nd person -kupatwa -wapatwa/-kupatweni/-wapatweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpatwa -wapatwa m-mi(III/IV) -upatwa -ipatwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipatwa -yapatwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipatwa -vipatwa n(IX/X) -ipatwa -zipatwa u(XI) -upatwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupatwa pa(XVI) -papatwa mu(XVIII) -mupatwa Reflexive -jipatwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -patwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -patwaye -patwao m-mi(III/IV) -patwao -patwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -patwalo -patwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -patwacho -patwavyo n(IX/X) -patwayo -patwazo u(XI) -patwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -patwako pa(XVI) -patwapo mu(XVIII) -patwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -patwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepatwa -opatwa m-mi(III/IV) -opatwa -yopatwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopatwa -yopatwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopatwa -vyopatwa n(IX/X) -yopatwa -zopatwa u(XI) -opatwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopatwa pa(XVI) -popatwa mu(XVIII) -mopatwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.