Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْعِشَاء (al-ʕišāʔ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lìː.ʃáː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [lìː.ʃáː]
Noun
lī̀shā f (possessed form lī̀shar̃)
- (Islam) isha, the evening prayer
Swahili
Etymology
Cognate with Yao -liisya (“to feed”), Chichewa -dyetsa (“to feed”), and Tumbuka -lyeska (“to feed”).
Pronunciation
Verb
-lisha (infinitive kulisha)
- Causative form of -la: to feed
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -lisha
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| Positive present
|
-nalisha
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| Subjunctive
|
-lishe
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| Negative
|
-lishi
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| Imperative singular
|
lisha
|
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| Infinitives
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| Positive
|
kulisha
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| Negative
|
kutolisha
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
|
lisha
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| Plural
|
lisheni
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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hulisha
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| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lilisha
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| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kulisha
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalisha)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninalisha/nalisha
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tunalisha
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| 2nd person
|
unalisha
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mnalisha
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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analisha
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wanalisha
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| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nalisha
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -lishi)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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silishi
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hatulishi
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| 2nd person
|
hulishi
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hamlishi
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
halishi
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hawalishi
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| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -lishi
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| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -talisha
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| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -talisha
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lishe)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
nilishe
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tulishe
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| 2nd person
|
ulishe
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mlishe
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
alishe
|
walishe
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| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -lishe
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| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -silishe
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngelisha
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singelisha
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalilisha
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| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalilisha
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| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alisha)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
nalisha
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twalisha
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| 2nd person
|
walisha
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mwalisha
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
alisha
|
walisha
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
walisha
|
yalisha
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lalisha
|
yalisha
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chalisha
|
vyalisha
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| n(IX/X)
|
yalisha
|
zalisha
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| u(XI)
|
walisha
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwalisha
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| pa(XVI)
|
palisha
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| mu(XVIII)
|
mwalisha
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -melisha
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshalisha
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jalisha
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kilisha
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipolisha
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| Consecutive
|
kalisha / positive subject concord + -kalisha
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| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kalishe
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| Object concord (indicative positive)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
-nilisha
|
-tulisha
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| 2nd person
|
-kulisha
|
-walisha/-kulisheni/-walisheni
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
|
-mlisha
|
-walisha
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-ulisha
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-ilisha
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lilisha
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-yalisha
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kilisha
|
-vilisha
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| n(IX/X)
|
-ilisha
|
-zilisha
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| u(XI)
|
-ulisha
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kulisha
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| pa(XVI)
|
-palisha
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-mulisha
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| Reflexive
|
-jilisha
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| Relative forms
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| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lisha- + relative marker)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
|
-lishaye
|
-lishao
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-lishao
|
-lishayo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lishalo
|
-lishayo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-lishacho
|
-lishavyo
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| n(IX/X)
|
-lishayo
|
-lishazo
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| u(XI)
|
-lishao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-lishako
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| pa(XVI)
|
-lishapo
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-lishamo
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lisha)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yelisha
|
-olisha
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-olisha
|
-yolisha
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lolisha
|
-yolisha
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-cholisha
|
-vyolisha
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| n(IX/X)
|
-yolisha
|
-zolisha
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| u(XI)
|
-olisha
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kolisha
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| pa(XVI)
|
-polisha
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-molisha
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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