English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 長歌, literally "long poem".
Noun
choka (plural choka)
- A Japanese poem, a form of waka that consists of 5 to 7 on phrases repeated at least twice, and concludes with a 5-7-7 ending.
Anagrams
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Noun
choka
- to cry.
Central Nahuatl
- (Canoa): chuca
- (Calpan, Cholula and Milpa Alta): choca
Verb
choka
- to cry.
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʃɔ.ka/
Verb
choka
- third-person singular past historic of choker
Swahili
Etymology
From *-chola + -ka (stative).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
-choka (infinitive kuchoka)
- (stative) to be tired, to be weary
- nimechoka ― I am tired
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -choka
|
| Positive present
|
-nachoka
|
| Subjunctive
|
-choke
|
| Negative
|
-choki
|
| Imperative singular
|
choka
|
|
| Infinitives
|
| Positive
|
kuchoka
|
| Negative
|
kutochoka
|
|
| Imperatives
|
| Singular
|
choka
|
| Plural
|
chokeni
|
|
| Tensed forms
|
| Habitual
|
huchoka
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lichoka
|
| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuchoka
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachoka)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninachoka/nachoka
|
tunachoka
|
| 2nd person
|
unachoka
|
mnachoka
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anachoka
|
wanachoka
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nachoka
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -choki)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
sichoki
|
hatuchoki
|
| 2nd person
|
huchoki
|
hamchoki
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hachoki
|
hawachoki
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -choki
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tachoka
|
| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tachoka
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -choke)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nichoke
|
tuchoke
|
| 2nd person
|
uchoke
|
mchoke
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
achoke
|
wachoke
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -choke
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sichoke
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngechoka
|
| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singechoka
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalichoka
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalichoka
|
|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achoka)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nachoka
|
twachoka
|
| 2nd person
|
wachoka
|
mwachoka
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
achoka
|
wachoka
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wachoka
|
yachoka
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lachoka
|
yachoka
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chachoka
|
vyachoka
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yachoka
|
zachoka
|
| u(XI)
|
wachoka
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwachoka
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
pachoka
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
mwachoka
|
|
|
| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -mechoka
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshachoka
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jachoka
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kichoka
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipochoka
|
| Consecutive
|
kachoka / positive subject concord + -kachoka
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kachoke
|
|
| Object concord (indicative positive)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-nichoka
|
-tuchoka
|
| 2nd person
|
-kuchoka
|
-wachoka/-kuchokeni/-wachokeni
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-mchoka
|
-wachoka
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-uchoka
|
-ichoka
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lichoka
|
-yachoka
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kichoka
|
-vichoka
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-ichoka
|
-zichoka
|
| u(XI)
|
-uchoka
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kuchoka
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pachoka
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-muchoka
|
|
| Reflexive
|
-jichoka
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -choka- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-chokaye
|
-chokao
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-chokao
|
-chokayo
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-chokalo
|
-chokayo
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chokacho
|
-chokavyo
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-chokayo
|
-chokazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-chokao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-chokako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-chokapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-chokamo
|
|
|
| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -choka)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yechoka
|
-ochoka
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-ochoka
|
-yochoka
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lochoka
|
-yochoka
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chochoka
|
-vyochoka
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yochoka
|
-zochoka
|
| u(XI)
|
-ochoka
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kochoka
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pochoka
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-mochoka
|
|
|
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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
- Nominal derivations:
- uchovu (“fatigue, tiredness, exhaustion”)
References
- ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2002) “Verbal extensions in Bantu (the case of Swahili and Nyamwezi)”, in Africa & Asia[1], volume 2, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 December 2009, 3.3.3, page 12 of 4-26.