asisi

See also: aşısı

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَّسَ (ʔassasa).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-asisi (infinitive kuasisi)

  1. to found, commence, begin, start

Conjugation

Conjugation of -asisi
Positive present -naasisi
Subjunctive -asisi
Negative -asisi
Imperative singular asisi
Infinitives
Positive kuasisi
Negative kutoasisi
Imperatives
Singular asisi
Plural asisini
Tensed forms
Habitual huasisi
Positive past positive subject concord + -liasisi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuasisi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naasisi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaasisi/naasisi tunaasisi
2nd person unaasisi mnaasisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaasisi wanaasisi
other classes positive subject concord + -naasisi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -asisi)
Singular Plural
1st person siasisi hatuasisi
2nd person huasisi hamwasisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haasisi hawaasisi
other classes negative subject concord + -asisi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taasisi
Negative future negative subject concord + -taasisi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -asisi)
Singular Plural
1st person niasisi tuasisi
2nd person uasisi mwasisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aasisi waasisi
other classes positive subject concord + -asisi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siasisi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeasisi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeasisi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliasisi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliasisi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aasisi)
Singular Plural
1st person naasisi twaasisi
2nd person waasisi mwaasisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aasisi waasisi
m-mi(III/IV) waasisi yaasisi
ji-ma(V/VI) laasisi yaasisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaasisi vyaasisi
n(IX/X) yaasisi zaasisi
u(XI) waasisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaasisi
pa(XVI) paasisi
mu(XVIII) mwaasisi
Perfect positive subject concord + -measisi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaasisi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaasisi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiasisi
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoasisi
Consecutive kaasisi / positive subject concord + -kaasisi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaasisi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niasisi -tuasisi
2nd person -kuasisi -waasisi/-kuasisini/-waasisini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwasisi -waasisi
m-mi(III/IV) -uasisi -iasisi
ji-ma(V/VI) -liasisi -yaasisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiasisi -viasisi
n(IX/X) -iasisi -ziasisi
u(XI) -uasisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuasisi
pa(XVI) -paasisi
mu(XVIII) -muasisi
Reflexive -jiasisi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -asisi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -asisiye -asisio
m-mi(III/IV) -asisio -asisiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -asisilo -asisiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -asisicho -asisivyo
n(IX/X) -asisiyo -asisizo
u(XI) -asisio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -asisiko
pa(XVI) -asisipo
mu(XVIII) -asisimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -asisi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeasisi -oasisi
m-mi(III/IV) -oasisi -yoasisi
ji-ma(V/VI) -loasisi -yoasisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choasisi -vyoasisi
n(IX/X) -yoasisi -zoasisi
u(XI) -oasisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koasisi
pa(XVI) -poasisi
mu(XVIII) -moasisi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

  • Nominal derivations:

Yami

Noun

asisi

  1. meat
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