enda

From Proto-Finnic *häntä, which is derived from *hän (by reanalysis of the partitive singular as a new stem), compare Finnish hän (“he, she”). Cognate to Livonian eņtš (“own, self”). See also enese.

enda (genitive enda, partitive end)

1. self, own, -self

There is no nominative (ise is used as one). The singular forms can also be used in the plural.

• enese

enda (third person singular past indicative endaði, third person plural past indicative endað, supine endað)

1. to end

Conjugation of enda (group v-30)
infinitive	enda
supine	endað
participle (a6)1	endandi	endaður
	present	past
first singular	endi	endaði
second singular	endar	endaði
third singular	endar	endaði
plural	enda	endaðu
	imperative
singular	enda!
plural	endið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

From Proto-Malayic *daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

• IPA^(key): [əndaʔ]

enda

1. not (negates meaning of verb)

   Enda makai aku

   I did not eat

2. not (To no degree)

   Enda mar baju nya

   The shirt is not expensive

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛnta/
• Rhymes: -ɛnta

Ultimately from enn þá. Possibly influenced by or borrowed from Danish endda (“even!”). Cognate with Danish endda (“even!”), Swedish ändå (“yet”), Norwegian Nynorsk endå.

enda

1. "which is natural, since ..." (the first clause comes as a logical conclusion of the second clause)

   Hann er góður með dýr, enda er hann úr sveitinni. ― He's good with animals, which is natural since he is from the countryside.

   Enda er ég orðinn sjötugur. ― That is to be expected, since I am now 70 years old.

From endi.

enda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative endaði, supine endað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to finish, end (bring to an end)
2. (intransitive) to end (come to an end)

• allt er gott sem endar vel

enda

1. indefinite accusative plural of endir
2. indefinite genitive plural of endir

Hinde (1904) records “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu kwenda (“to like”) and kuenda (“to want”), listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba gumwenda (“to like”) and gungwenda (“to want”), “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba guenda (“to like”), and Swahili kupenda (“to like”) etc. as their equivalents.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɛⁿda/

enda (infinitive kũenda or kwenda)^[2]

1. to like, to love^[3]
2. to want^[3]

• (antonym(s) of “to like”): kũmena

(Nouns)

• wendo class 14
• mwendwa class 1, mwendwo class 1

(Proverbs)

• mũndũ ũtarĩ mbũri ndendaga nyama
• ngoro ĩrĩĩaga kĩrĩa yenda

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

enda

1. to go

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

-énda

1. to marry, to be married

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Norse enn þá.

• Audio:

  (file)

enda

1. even

   enda større ― even larger

• “enda” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse enda.

• ende

enda (present tense endar, past tense enda, past participle enda, passive infinitive endast, present participle endande, imperative enda/end)

1. to end, finish

enda

1. Alternative form of endå

• “enda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

enda

1. genitive plural of ende

enda

1. inflection of endi:
   1. accusative singular/plural
   2. dative/genitive singular
   3. genitive plural

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

-enda

1. to marry, to be married

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-enda (infinitive kwenda)

1. to walk, go
2. to go ahead, progress

This verb can be used as an auxiliary verb in the perfect or past, followed by an infinitive or a bare stem, meaning "just at that time" or "just now" (depending on the temporal context).

Standard Swahili conjugation:

Conjugation of -enda
Positive present -nakwenda Subjunctive -ende Negative -endi Imperative singular nenda
Infinitives
Positive kwenda Negative kutokwenda
Imperatives
Singular nenda Plural nendeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huenda Positive past positive subject concord + -likwenda Negative past negative subject concord + -kuenda
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakwenda) Singular Plural 1st person ninakwenda/nakwenda tunakwenda 2nd person unakwenda mnakwenda 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakwenda wanakwenda other classes positive subject concord + -nakwenda
Negative present (negative subject concord + -endi) Singular Plural 1st person siendi hatuendi 2nd person huendi hamwendi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haendi hawaendi other classes negative subject concord + -endi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takwenda Negative future negative subject concord + -takwenda
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ende) Singular Plural 1st person niende twende/tuende 2nd person uende mwende 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aende waende other classes positive subject concord + -ende
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siende Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekwenda Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekwenda Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikwenda Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikwenda
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aenda) Singular Plural 1st person naenda twaenda 2nd person waenda mwaenda 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aenda waenda m-mi(III/IV) waenda yaenda ji-ma(V/VI) laenda yaenda ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaenda vyaenda n(IX/X) yaenda zaenda u(XI) waenda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaenda pa(XVI) paenda mu(XVIII) mwaenda
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekwenda "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakwenda "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaenda "If/When" positive subject concord + -kienda "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokwenda Consecutive kaenda / positive subject concord + -kaenda Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaende Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -enda- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -endaye -endao m-mi(III/IV) -endao -endayo ji-ma(V/VI) -endalo -endayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -endacho -endavyo n(IX/X) -endayo -endazo u(XI) -endao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -endako pa(XVI) -endapo mu(XVIII) -endamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kwenda) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekwenda -okwenda m-mi(III/IV) -okwenda -yokwenda ji-ma(V/VI) -lokwenda -yokwenda ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokwenda -vyokwenda n(IX/X) -yokwenda -zokwenda u(XI) -okwenda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokwenda pa(XVI) -pokwenda mu(XVIII) -mokwenda
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

In colloquial language, the kw- prefix is often dropped in tensed forms.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -endea
  • Causative: -endesha
  • Stative: -endeka
  • Other formations: -endelea

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwenda
  • mwendo
  • mwenzi
  • wenzo

• Other derivations:
  • endapo
  • huenda

• IPA^(key): /²ɛnda/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: ända

enda

1. (the) only (one, person, thing), sole; also in the masculine form ende

• en
• endast

• enda in Svensk ordbok.

• -ande, ande, enad

Compare Otomaco enga.

enda

1. one

• Tierra Firme (other copy)

• IPA^(key): /éːnda/
• Rhymes: -éːnda

From Proto-Bantu *ndà (“abdomen; intestines; pregnancy; inside”). Doublet of orura (“small intestine”).

enda class 9 (plural enda class 10, augmentless nda, plural augmentless nda)

1. abdomen, belly

   Aine enda. ― He has a (big) belly.

2. stomach
3. pregnancy

   Aine enda. ― She is pregnant. (literally, “She has a pregnancy.”)

4. fetus; embryo

• nyinenda (“womb; afterbirth”)
• ebyenda (“intestine; bowl”)
• omunda (“inside”)
• omufu w'enda (“stingy person”)
  • obufu w'enda (“stinginess”)
• enda y'ente (“rumen”)
• -rumwa enda (“to have a stomach ache”)
• -ihamu enda (“to have a miscarriage”)

From Common Bantu *ndá (“louse”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi indá (“louse”).

enda class 9 (plural enda class 10, augmentless nda, plural augmentless nda)

1. louse

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 11, 14, 20, 47, 167, 255, 266-268 and 394
2. Entry 773 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
3. Entry 780 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

-enda

1. (intransitive) to be married

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

-enda

1. (intransitive) to travel far, to go on a long journey
2. (intransitive) to marry (a man)

Tone L
Infinitive	ukwenda
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukwenda	ukungendi
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	yenda	-ende
Plural	yendani	-endeni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyenda, ngenda	engendayo, engenda	ngenda	angendi	engingendi	ngingendi
2nd singular	uyenda, wenda	owendayo, owenda	wenda	awendi	ongendi	ungendi
1st plural	siyenda, senda	esendayo, esenda	senda	asendi	esingendi	singendi
2nd plural	niyenda, nenda	enendayo, enenda	nenda	anendi	eningendi	ningendi
Class 1	uyenda, wenda	owendayo, owenda	enda	akendi	ongendi	engendi
Class 2	bayenda, benda	abendayo, abenda	benda	abendi	abangendi	bengendi
Class 3	uyenda, wenda	owendayo, owenda	wenda	awendi	ongendi	ungendi
Class 4	iyenda, yenda	eyendayo, eyenda	yenda	ayendi	engendi	ingendi
Class 5	liyenda, lenda	elendayo, elenda	lenda	alendi	elingendi	lingendi
Class 6	ayenda, enda	endayo, enda	enda	awendi	angendi	engendi
Class 7	siyenda, senda	esendayo, esenda	senda	asendi	esingendi	singendi
Class 8	ziyenda, zenda	ezendayo, ezenda	zenda	azendi	ezingendi	zingendi
Class 9	iyenda, yenda	eyendayo, eyenda	yenda	ayendi	engendi	ingendi
Class 10	ziyenda, zenda	ezendayo, ezenda	zenda	azendi	ezingendi	zingendi
Class 11	luyenda, lwenda	olwendayo, olwenda	lwenda	alwendi	olungendi	lungendi
Class 14	buyenda, benda	obendayo, obenda	benda	abendi	obungendi	bungendi
Class 15	kuyenda, kwenda	okwendayo, okwenda	kwenda	akwendi	okungendi	kungendi
Class 17	kuyenda, kwenda	okwendayo, okwenda	kwenda	akwendi	okungendi	kungendi
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngendile, ngendē	engendile, engendē	ngendile, ngendē	angendanga	engingendanga	ngingendanga
2nd singular	wendile, wendē	owendile, owendē	wendile, wendē	awendanga	ongendanga	ungendanga
1st plural	sendile, sendē	esendile, esendē	sendile, sendē	asendanga	esingendanga	singendanga
2nd plural	nendile, nendē	enendile, enendē	nendile, nendē	anendanga	eningendanga	ningendanga
Class 1	wendile, wendē	owendile, owendē	endile, endē	akendanga	ongendanga	engendanga
Class 2	bendile, bendē	abendile, abendē	bendile, bendē	abendanga	abangendanga	bengendanga
Class 3	wendile, wendē	owendile, owendē	wendile, wendē	awendanga	ongendanga	ungendanga
Class 4	yendile, yendē	eyendile, eyendē	yendile, yendē	ayendanga	engendanga	ingendanga
Class 5	lendile, lendē	elendile, elendē	lendile, lendē	alendanga	elingendanga	lingendanga
Class 6	endile, endē	endile, endē	endile, endē	awendanga	angendanga	engendanga
Class 7	sendile, sendē	esendile, esendē	sendile, sendē	asendanga	esingendanga	singendanga
Class 8	zendile, zendē	ezendile, ezendē	zendile, zendē	azendanga	ezingendanga	zingendanga
Class 9	yendile, yendē	eyendile, eyendē	yendile, yendē	ayendanga	engendanga	ingendanga
Class 10	zendile, zendē	ezendile, ezendē	zendile, zendē	azendanga	ezingendanga	zingendanga
Class 11	lwendile, lwendē	olwendile, olwendē	lwendile, lwendē	alwendanga	olungendanga	lungendanga
Class 14	bendile, bendē	obendile, obendē	bendile, bendē	abendanga	obungendanga	bungendanga
Class 15	kwendile, kwendē	okwendile, okwendē	kwendile, kwendē	akwendanga	okungendanga	kungendanga
Class 17	kwendile, kwendē	okwendile, okwendē	kwendile, kwendē	akwendanga	okungendanga	kungendanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngēnda	engēnda	ngēnda	angendanga	engingendanga	ngingendanga
2nd singular	wēnda	owēnda	wēnda	awendanga	ongendanga	ungendanga
1st plural	sēnda	esēnda	sēnda	asendanga	esingendanga	singendanga
2nd plural	nēnda	enēnda	nēnda	anendanga	eningendanga	ningendanga
Class 1	wēnda	owēnda	ēnda	akendanga	ongendanga	engendanga
Class 2	bēnda	abēnda	bēnda	abendanga	abangendanga	bengendanga
Class 3	wēnda	owēnda	wēnda	awendanga	ongendanga	ungendanga
Class 4	yēnda	eyēnda	yēnda	ayendanga	engendanga	ingendanga
Class 5	lēnda	elēnda	lēnda	alendanga	elingendanga	lingendanga
Class 6	ēnda	ēnda	ēnda	awendanga	angendanga	engendanga
Class 7	sēnda	esēnda	sēnda	asendanga	esingendanga	singendanga
Class 8	zēnda	ezēnda	zēnda	azendanga	ezingendanga	zingendanga
Class 9	yēnda	eyēnda	yēnda	ayendanga	engendanga	ingendanga
Class 10	zēnda	ezēnda	zēnda	azendanga	ezingendanga	zingendanga
Class 11	lwēnda	olwēnda	lwēnda	alwendanga	olungendanga	lungendanga
Class 14	bēnda	obēnda	bēnda	abendanga	obungendanga	bungendanga
Class 15	kwēnda	okwēnda	kwēnda	akwendanga	okungendanga	kungendanga
Class 17	kwēnda	okwēnda	kwēnda	akwendanga	okungendanga	kungendanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingenda	—	ngingenda	ngingende	—	ngingende
2nd singular	ungenda	—	ungenda	ungende	—	ungende
1st plural	singenda	—	singenda	singende	—	singende
2nd plural	ningenda	—	ningenda	ningende	—	ningende
Class 1	angenda	—	engenda	angende	—	engende
Class 2	bangenda	—	bengenda	bangende	—	bengende
Class 3	ungenda	—	ungenda	ungende	—	ungende
Class 4	ingenda	—	ingenda	ingende	—	ingende
Class 5	lingenda	—	lingenda	lingende	—	lingende
Class 6	angenda	—	engenda	angende	—	engende
Class 7	singenda	—	singenda	singende	—	singende
Class 8	zingenda	—	zingenda	zingende	—	zingende
Class 9	ingenda	—	ingenda	ingende	—	ingende
Class 10	zingenda	—	zingenda	zingende	—	zingende
Class 11	lungenda	—	lungenda	lungende	—	lungende
Class 14	bungenda	—	bungenda	bungende	—	bungende
Class 15	kungenda	—	kungenda	kungende	—	kungende
Class 17	kungenda	—	kungenda	kungende	—	kungende
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizokwenda	engizokwenda	ngizokwenda	angizukwenda	engingezukwenda	ngingezukwenda
2nd singular	uzokwenda	ozokwenda	uzokwenda	awuzukwenda	ongezukwenda	ungezukwenda
1st plural	sizokwenda	esizokwenda	sizokwenda	asizukwenda	esingezukwenda	singezukwenda
2nd plural	nizokwenda	enizokwenda	nizokwenda	anizukwenda	eningezukwenda	ningezukwenda
Class 1	uzokwenda	ozokwenda	ezokwenda	akazukwenda	ongezukwenda	engezukwenda
Class 2	bazokwenda	abazokwenda	bezokwenda	abazukwenda	abangezukwenda	bengezukwenda
Class 3	uzokwenda	ozokwenda	uzokwenda	awuzukwenda	ongezukwenda	ungezukwenda
Class 4	izokwenda	ezokwenda	izokwenda	ayizukwenda	engezukwenda	ingezukwenda
Class 5	lizokwenda	elizokwenda	lizokwenda	alizukwenda	elingezukwenda	lingezukwenda
Class 6	azokwenda	azokwenda	ezokwenda	awazukwenda	angezukwenda	engezukwenda
Class 7	sizokwenda	esizokwenda	sizokwenda	asizukwenda	esingezukwenda	singezukwenda
Class 8	zizokwenda	ezizokwenda	zizokwenda	azizukwenda	ezingezukwenda	zingezukwenda
Class 9	izokwenda	ezokwenda	izokwenda	ayizukwenda	engezukwenda	ingezukwenda
Class 10	zizokwenda	ezizokwenda	zizokwenda	azizukwenda	ezingezukwenda	zingezukwenda
Class 11	luzokwenda	oluzokwenda	luzokwenda	aluzukwenda	olungezukwenda	lungezukwenda
Class 14	buzokwenda	obuzokwenda	buzokwenda	abuzukwenda	obungezukwenda	bungezukwenda
Class 15	kuzokwenda	okuzokwenda	kuzokwenda	akuzukwenda	okungezukwenda	kungezukwenda
Class 17	kuzokwenda	okuzokwenda	kuzokwenda	akuzukwenda	okungezukwenda	kungezukwenda
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyokwenda	engiyokwenda	ngiyokwenda	angiyukwenda	engingeyukwenda	ngingeyukwenda
2nd singular	uyokwenda	oyokwenda	uyokwenda	awuyukwenda	ongeyukwenda	ungeyukwenda
1st plural	siyokwenda	esiyokwenda	siyokwenda	asiyukwenda	esingeyukwenda	singeyukwenda
2nd plural	niyokwenda	eniyokwenda	niyokwenda	aniyukwenda	eningeyukwenda	ningeyukwenda
Class 1	uyokwenda	oyokwenda	eyokwenda	akayukwenda	ongeyukwenda	engeyukwenda
Class 2	bayokwenda	abayokwenda	beyokwenda	abayukwenda	abangeyukwenda	bengeyukwenda
Class 3	uyokwenda	oyokwenda	uyokwenda	awuyukwenda	ongeyukwenda	ungeyukwenda
Class 4	iyokwenda	eyokwenda	iyokwenda	ayiyukwenda	engeyukwenda	ingeyukwenda
Class 5	liyokwenda	eliyokwenda	liyokwenda	aliyukwenda	elingeyukwenda	lingeyukwenda
Class 6	ayokwenda	ayokwenda	eyokwenda	awayukwenda	angeyukwenda	engeyukwenda
Class 7	siyokwenda	esiyokwenda	siyokwenda	asiyukwenda	esingeyukwenda	singeyukwenda
Class 8	ziyokwenda	eziyokwenda	ziyokwenda	aziyukwenda	ezingeyukwenda	zingeyukwenda
Class 9	iyokwenda	eyokwenda	iyokwenda	ayiyukwenda	engeyukwenda	ingeyukwenda
Class 10	ziyokwenda	eziyokwenda	ziyokwenda	aziyukwenda	ezingeyukwenda	zingeyukwenda
Class 11	luyokwenda	oluyokwenda	luyokwenda	aluyukwenda	olungeyukwenda	lungeyukwenda
Class 14	buyokwenda	obuyokwenda	buyokwenda	abuyukwenda	obungeyukwenda	bungeyukwenda
Class 15	kuyokwenda	okuyokwenda	kuyokwenda	akuyukwenda	okungeyukwenda	kungeyukwenda
Class 17	kuyokwenda	okuyokwenda	kuyokwenda	akuyukwenda	okungeyukwenda	kungeyukwenda
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngende	ngingendi
2nd singular	wende	ungendi
1st plural	sende	singendi
2nd plural	nende	ningendi
Class 1	ende	angendi
Class 2	bende	bangendi
Class 3	wende	ungendi
Class 4	yende	ingendi
Class 5	lende	lingendi
Class 6	ende	angendi
Class 7	sende	singendi
Class 8	zende	zingendi
Class 9	yende	ingendi
Class 10	zende	zingendi
Class 11	lwende	lungendi
Class 14	bende	bungendi
Class 15	kwende	kungendi
Class 17	kwende	kungendi
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngenda	ngangenda, angenda, angangenda
2nd singular	wenda	wangenda, awenda, awangenda
1st plural	senda	sangenda, asenda, asangenda
2nd plural	nenda	nangenda, anenda, anangenda
Class 1	wenda	wangenda, akenda, akangenda
Class 2	benda	bangenda, abenda, abangenda
Class 3	wenda	wangenda, awenda, awangenda
Class 4	yenda	yangenda, ayenda, ayangenda
Class 5	lenda	langenda, alenda, alangenda
Class 6	enda	angenda, awenda, awangenda
Class 7	senda	sangenda, asenda, asangenda
Class 8	zenda	zangenda, azenda, azangenda
Class 9	yenda	yangenda, ayenda, ayangenda
Class 10	zenda	zangenda, azenda, azangenda
Class 11	lwenda	lwangenda, alwenda, alwangenda
Class 14	benda	bangenda, abenda, abangenda
Class 15	kwenda	kwangenda, akwenda, akwangenda
Class 17	kwenda	kwangenda, akwenda, akwangenda

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “enda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “enda (6.3)”