kiuka

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kiuka (infinitive kukiuka)

  1. to infringe, violate, transgress, evade (of laws)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kiuka
Positive present -nakiuka
Subjunctive -kiuke
Negative -kiuki
Imperative singular kiuka
Infinitives
Positive kukiuka
Negative kutokiuka
Imperatives
Singular kiuka
Plural kiukeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukiuka
Positive past positive subject concord + -likiuka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukiuka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakiuka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakiuka/nakiuka tunakiuka
2nd person unakiuka mnakiuka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakiuka wanakiuka
other classes positive subject concord + -nakiuka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kiuki)
Singular Plural
1st person sikiuki hatukiuki
2nd person hukiuki hamkiuki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakiuki hawakiuki
other classes negative subject concord + -kiuki
Positive future positive subject concord + -takiuka
Negative future negative subject concord + -takiuka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kiuke)
Singular Plural
1st person nikiuke tukiuke
2nd person ukiuke mkiuke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akiuke wakiuke
other classes positive subject concord + -kiuke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikiuke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekiuka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekiuka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikiuka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikiuka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akiuka)
Singular Plural
1st person nakiuka twakiuka
2nd person wakiuka mwakiuka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akiuka wakiuka
m-mi(III/IV) wakiuka yakiuka
ji-ma(V/VI) lakiuka yakiuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakiuka vyakiuka
n(IX/X) yakiuka zakiuka
u(XI) wakiuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakiuka
pa(XVI) pakiuka
mu(XVIII) mwakiuka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekiuka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakiuka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakiuka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikiuka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokiuka
Consecutive kakiuka / positive subject concord + -kakiuka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakiuke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikiuka -tukiuka
2nd person -kukiuka -wakiuka/-kukiukeni/-wakiukeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkiuka -wakiuka
m-mi(III/IV) -ukiuka -ikiuka
ji-ma(V/VI) -likiuka -yakiuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikiuka -vikiuka
n(IX/X) -ikiuka -zikiuka
u(XI) -ukiuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukiuka
pa(XVI) -pakiuka
mu(XVIII) -mukiuka
Reflexive -jikiuka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kiuka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kiukaye -kiukao
m-mi(III/IV) -kiukao -kiukayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kiukalo -kiukayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiukacho -kiukavyo
n(IX/X) -kiukayo -kiukazo
u(XI) -kiukao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kiukako
pa(XVI) -kiukapo
mu(XVIII) -kiukamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kiuka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekiuka -okiuka
m-mi(III/IV) -okiuka -yokiuka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokiuka -yokiuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokiuka -vyokiuka
n(IX/X) -yokiuka -zokiuka
u(XI) -okiuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokiuka
pa(XVI) -pokiuka
mu(XVIII) -mokiuka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms