Spanish
Noun
gusana f (plural gusanas)
- (nonstandard, rare) (female) worm
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-gusana (infinitive kugusana)
- Reciprocal form of -gusa
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -gusana
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| Positive present
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-nagusana
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| Subjunctive
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-gusane
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| Negative
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-gusani
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| Imperative singular
|
gusana
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
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gusana
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| Plural
|
gusaneni
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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hugusana
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -ligusana
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kugusana
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagusana)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninagusana/nagusana
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tunagusana
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| 2nd person
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unagusana
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mnagusana
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anagusana
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wanagusana
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nagusana
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -gusani)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sigusani
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hatugusani
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| 2nd person
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hugusani
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hamgusani
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hagusani
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hawagusani
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -gusani
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tagusana
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tagusana
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gusane)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nigusane
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tugusane
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| 2nd person
|
ugusane
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mgusane
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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agusane
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wagusane
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -gusane
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sigusane
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngegusana
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singegusana
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaligusana
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaligusana
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| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agusana)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nagusana
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twagusana
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| 2nd person
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wagusana
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mwagusana
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
|
agusana
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wagusana
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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wagusana
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yagusana
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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lagusana
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yagusana
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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chagusana
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vyagusana
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| n(IX/X)
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yagusana
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zagusana
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| u(XI)
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wagusana
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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kwagusana
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| pa(XVI)
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pagusana
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| mu(XVIII)
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mwagusana
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -megusana
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshagusana
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jagusana
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kigusana
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipogusana
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| Consecutive
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kagusana / positive subject concord + -kagusana
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kagusane
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| Object concord
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—
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| Relative forms
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| General positive (positive subject concord + -gusana- + relative marker)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-gusanaye
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-gusanao
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-gusanao
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-gusanayo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-gusanalo
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-gusanayo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-gusanacho
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-gusanavyo
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| n(IX/X)
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-gusanayo
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-gusanazo
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| u(XI)
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-gusanao
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-gusanako
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| pa(XVI)
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-gusanapo
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| mu(XVIII)
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-gusanamo
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -gusana)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-yegusana
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-ogusana
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-ogusana
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-yogusana
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-logusana
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-yogusana
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-chogusana
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-vyogusana
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| n(IX/X)
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-yogusana
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-zogusana
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| u(XI)
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-ogusana
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-kogusana
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| pa(XVI)
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-pogusana
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| mu(XVIII)
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-mogusana
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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