Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-fungua (infinitive kufungua)
- Conversive form of -funga: to open, to unfasten
- (in reflexive forms, euphemistic) to give birth
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -fungua
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| Positive present
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-nafungua
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| Subjunctive
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-fungue
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| Negative
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-fungui
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| Imperative singular
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fungua
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
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fungua
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| Plural
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fungueni
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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hufungua
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifungua
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufungua
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungua)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninafungua/nafungua
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tunafungua
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| 2nd person
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unafungua
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mnafungua
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafungua
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wanafungua
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafungua
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungui)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sifungui
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hatufungui
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| 2nd person
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hufungui
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hamfungui
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafungui
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hawafungui
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -fungui
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafungua
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafungua
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungue)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nifungue
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tufungue
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| 2nd person
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ufungue
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mfungue
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afungue
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wafungue
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -fungue
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifungue
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefungua
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefungua
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifungua
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifungua
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| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afungua)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nafungua
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twafungua
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| 2nd person
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wafungua
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mwafungua
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afungua
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wafungua
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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wafungua
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yafungua
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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lafungua
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yafungua
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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chafungua
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vyafungua
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| n(IX/X)
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yafungua
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zafungua
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| u(XI)
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wafungua
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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kwafungua
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| pa(XVI)
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pafungua
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| mu(XVIII)
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mwafungua
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefungua
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafungua
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafungua
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifungua
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofungua
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| Consecutive
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kafungua / positive subject concord + -kafungua
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafungue
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| Object concord (indicative positive)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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-nifungua
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-tufungua
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| 2nd person
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-kufungua
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-wafungua/-kufungueni/-wafungueni
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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-mfungua
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-wafungua
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-ufungua
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-ifungua
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-lifungua
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-yafungua
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-kifungua
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-vifungua
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| n(IX/X)
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-ifungua
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-zifungua
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| u(XI)
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-ufungua
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-kufungua
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| pa(XVI)
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-pafungua
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| mu(XVIII)
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-mufungua
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| Reflexive
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-jifungua
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| Relative forms
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| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fungua- + relative marker)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-funguaye
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-funguao
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-funguao
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-funguayo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-fungualo
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-funguayo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-funguacho
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-funguavyo
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| n(IX/X)
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-funguayo
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-funguazo
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| u(XI)
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-funguao
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-funguako
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| pa(XVI)
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-funguapo
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| mu(XVIII)
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-funguamo
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fungua)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-yefungua
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-ofungua
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-ofungua
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-yofungua
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-lofungua
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-yofungua
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-chofungua
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-vyofungua
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| n(IX/X)
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-yofungua
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-zofungua
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| u(XI)
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-ofungua
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-kofungua
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| pa(XVI)
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-pofungua
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| mu(XVIII)
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-mofungua
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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