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liwa
- water
From Malay liwa, from Arabic لِوَاء (liwāʔ, “banner, flag, standard”).
- IPA(key): [ˈliwa]
- Hyphenation: li‧wa
liwa (plural liwa-liwa, first-person possessive liwaku, second-person possessive liwamu, third-person possessive liwanya)
- (archaic) flag, banner.
- Synonyms: bendera, panji-panji
-liwa (infinitive kuliwa)
- Passive form of -la: to be eaten
- to be edible
- Synonym: -lika
| Conjugation of -liwa
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| Positive present
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-naliwa
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| Subjunctive
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-liwe
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| Negative
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-liwi
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| Imperative singular
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liwa
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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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huliwa
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liliwa
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuliwa
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naliwa)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninaliwa/naliwa
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tunaliwa
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| 2nd person
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unaliwa
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mnaliwa
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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analiwa
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wanaliwa
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -naliwa
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -liwi)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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siliwi
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hatuliwi
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| 2nd person
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huliwi
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hamliwi
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haliwi
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hawaliwi
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -liwi
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taliwa
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taliwa
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -liwe)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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niliwe
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tuliwe
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| 2nd person
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uliwe
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mliwe
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aliwe
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waliwe
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -liwe
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siliwe
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeliwa
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeliwa
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliliwa
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliliwa
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meliwa
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaliwa
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaliwa
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiliwa
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoliwa
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| Consecutive
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kaliwa / positive subject concord + -kaliwa
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaliwe
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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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lîwá class 5 (plural émawá class 6)
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
