tatua

tatua

1. inflection of tatuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

tatua

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of tatuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.tu.a/
• Rhymes: -atua
• Hyphenation: tà‧tu‧a

tatua

1. inflection of tatuare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• attua

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: ta‧tu‧a

tatua

1. inflection of tatuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French tatouer.

• IPA^(key): [tatuˈa]

a tatua (third-person singular present tatuează, past participle tatuat) 1st conj.

1. to tattoo

   M-a tatuat ieri.

   He tattooed me yesterday.

2. (reflexive) to be tattooed

• tatuaj

From tat- (“tangle”) +‎ -ua (converse affix).

• Audio (Kenya):

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-tatua (infinitive kutatua)

1. Conversive form of -tata: to untangle, disentangle
2. to solve

Conjugation of -tatua
Positive present -natatua Subjunctive -tatue Negative -tatui Imperative singular tatua
Infinitives
Positive kutatua Negative kutotatua
Imperatives
Singular tatua Plural tatueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutatua Positive past positive subject concord + -litatua Negative past negative subject concord + -kutatua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natatua) Singular Plural 1st person ninatatua/natatua tunatatua 2nd person unatatua mnatatua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatatua wanatatua other classes positive subject concord + -natatua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tatui) Singular Plural 1st person sitatui hatutatui 2nd person hutatui hamtatui 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatatui hawatatui other classes negative subject concord + -tatui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatatua Negative future negative subject concord + -tatatua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tatue) Singular Plural 1st person nitatue tutatue 2nd person utatue mtatue 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atatue watatue other classes positive subject concord + -tatue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitatue Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetatua Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetatua Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitatua Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitatua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atatua) Singular Plural 1st person natatua twatatua 2nd person watatua mwatatua 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atatua watatua m-mi(III/IV) watatua yatatua ji-ma(V/VI) latatua yatatua ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatatua vyatatua n(IX/X) yatatua zatatua u(XI) watatua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatatua pa(XVI) patatua mu(XVIII) mwatatua
Perfect positive subject concord + -metatua "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatatua "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatatua "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitatua "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotatua Consecutive katatua / positive subject concord + -katatua Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katatue
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitatua -tutatua 2nd person -kutatua -watatua/-kutatueni/-watatueni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtatua -watatua m-mi(III/IV) -utatua -itatua ji-ma(V/VI) -litatua -yatatua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitatua -vitatua n(IX/X) -itatua -zitatua u(XI) -utatua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutatua pa(XVI) -patatua mu(XVIII) -mutatua Reflexive -jitatua
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tatua- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tatuaye -tatuao m-mi(III/IV) -tatuao -tatuayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tatualo -tatuayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tatuacho -tatuavyo n(IX/X) -tatuayo -tatuazo u(XI) -tatuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tatuako pa(XVI) -tatuapo mu(XVIII) -tatuamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tatua) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetatua -otatua m-mi(III/IV) -otatua -yotatua ji-ma(V/VI) -lotatua -yotatua ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotatua -vyotatua n(IX/X) -yotatua -zotatua u(XI) -otatua see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotatua pa(XVI) -potatua mu(XVIII) -motatua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.