stihizai

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِهْزَاء (istihzāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

stihizai class IX (plural stihizai class X)

  1. derision, disgrace, mockery

Verb

-stihizai (infinitive kustihizai)

  1. to dishonour, disgrace, deride, mock

Conjugation

Conjugation of -stihizai
Positive present -nastihizai
Subjunctive -stihizai
Negative -stihizai
Imperative singular stihizai
Infinitives
Positive kustihizai
Negative kutostihizai
Imperatives
Singular stihizai
Plural stihizaini
Tensed forms
Habitual hustihizai
Positive past positive subject concord + -listihizai
Negative past negative subject concord + -kustihizai
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nastihizai)
Singular Plural
1st person ninastihizai/nastihizai tunastihizai
2nd person unastihizai mnastihizai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anastihizai wanastihizai
other classes positive subject concord + -nastihizai
Negative present (negative subject concord + -stihizai)
Singular Plural
1st person sistihizai hatustihizai
2nd person hustihizai hamstihizai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hastihizai hawastihizai
other classes negative subject concord + -stihizai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tastihizai
Negative future negative subject concord + -tastihizai
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -stihizai)
Singular Plural
1st person nistihizai tustihizai
2nd person ustihizai mstihizai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) astihizai wastihizai
other classes positive subject concord + -stihizai
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sistihizai
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngestihizai
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singestihizai
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalistihizai
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalistihizai
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -astihizai)
Singular Plural
1st person nastihizai twastihizai
2nd person wastihizai mwastihizai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) astihizai wastihizai
m-mi(III/IV) wastihizai yastihizai
ji-ma(V/VI) lastihizai yastihizai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chastihizai vyastihizai
n(IX/X) yastihizai zastihizai
u(XI) wastihizai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwastihizai
pa(XVI) pastihizai
mu(XVIII) mwastihizai
Perfect positive subject concord + -mestihizai
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshastihizai
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jastihizai
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kistihizai
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipostihizai
Consecutive kastihizai / positive subject concord + -kastihizai
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kastihizai
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nistihizai -tustihizai
2nd person -kustihizai -wastihizai/-kustihizaini/-wastihizaini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mstihizai -wastihizai
m-mi(III/IV) -ustihizai -istihizai
ji-ma(V/VI) -listihizai -yastihizai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kistihizai -vistihizai
n(IX/X) -istihizai -zistihizai
u(XI) -ustihizai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kustihizai
pa(XVI) -pastihizai
mu(XVIII) -mustihizai
Reflexive -jistihizai
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -stihizai- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -stihizaiye -stihizaio
m-mi(III/IV) -stihizaio -stihizaiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -stihizailo -stihizaiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -stihizaicho -stihizaivyo
n(IX/X) -stihizaiyo -stihizaizo
u(XI) -stihizaio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -stihizaiko
pa(XVI) -stihizaipo
mu(XVIII) -stihizaimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -stihizai)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yestihizai -ostihizai
m-mi(III/IV) -ostihizai -yostihizai
ji-ma(V/VI) -lostihizai -yostihizai
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chostihizai -vyostihizai
n(IX/X) -yostihizai -zostihizai
u(XI) -ostihizai see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kostihizai
pa(XVI) -postihizai
mu(XVIII) -mostihizai
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.