Mapudungun[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
weza (Raguileo spelling)
- bad
Northern Kurdish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
weza
- weak
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
-weza (infinitive kuweza)
- to be able, can
- (in negative forms) to be unwell or ill
- (in reflexive forms) be able to look after or take care of oneself
Usage notes[edit]
This can be used as an auxiliary verb with the meaning "it is possible that", in sentences like Ninaweza kufa ("It is possible that I may die").
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of -weza
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Positive present
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-naweza
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Subjunctive
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-weze
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Negative
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-wezi
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Imperative singular
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weza
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huweza
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liweza
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuweza
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naweza)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaweza/naweza
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tunaweza
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2nd person
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unaweza
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mnaweza
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaweza
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wanaweza
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naweza
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -wezi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siwezi
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hatuwezi
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2nd person
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huwezi
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hamuwezi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hawezi
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hawawezi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -wezi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taweza
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taweza
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -weze)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niweze
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tuweze
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2nd person
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uweze
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muweze
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aweze
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waweze
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -weze
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siweze
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeweza
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeweza
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliweza
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliweza
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meweza
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaweza
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaweza
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiweza
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoweza
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Consecutive
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kaweza / positive subject concord + -kaweza
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaweze
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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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Derived terms[edit]
-wéza
- to be able to, can
Inflection[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.