Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsukuɑ/, [ˈs̠ukuɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ukuɑ
- Syllabification(key): su‧ku‧a
- Hyphenation(key): su‧kua
Noun
sukua
- partitive singular of suku
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-sukua (infinitive kusukua)
- Conversive form of -suka: to loosen, untwist
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -sukua
|
| Positive present
|
-nasukua
|
| Subjunctive
|
-sukue
|
| Negative
|
-sukui
|
| Imperative singular
|
sukua
|
|
| Infinitives
|
| Positive
|
kusukua
|
| Negative
|
kutosukua
|
|
| Imperatives
|
| Singular
|
sukua
|
| Plural
|
sukueni
|
|
| Tensed forms
|
| Habitual
|
husukua
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lisukua
|
| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kusukua
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasukua)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninasukua/nasukua
|
tunasukua
|
| 2nd person
|
unasukua
|
mnasukua
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anasukua
|
wanasukua
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nasukua
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -sukui)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
sisukui
|
hatusukui
|
| 2nd person
|
husukui
|
hamsukui
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hasukui
|
hawasukui
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -sukui
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tasukua
|
| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tasukua
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sukue)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nisukue
|
tusukue
|
| 2nd person
|
usukue
|
msukue
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
asukue
|
wasukue
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -sukue
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sisukue
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngesukua
|
| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singesukua
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalisukua
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalisukua
|
|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asukua)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nasukua
|
twasukua
|
| 2nd person
|
wasukua
|
mwasukua
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
asukua
|
wasukua
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wasukua
|
yasukua
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lasukua
|
yasukua
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chasukua
|
vyasukua
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yasukua
|
zasukua
|
| u(XI)
|
wasukua
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwasukua
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
pasukua
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
mwasukua
|
|
|
| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -mesukua
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshasukua
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jasukua
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kisukua
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -siposukua
|
| Consecutive
|
kasukua / positive subject concord + -kasukua
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kasukue
|
|
| Object concord (indicative positive)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-nisukua
|
-tusukua
|
| 2nd person
|
-kusukua
|
-wasukua/-kusukueni/-wasukueni
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-msukua
|
-wasukua
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-usukua
|
-isukua
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lisukua
|
-yasukua
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kisukua
|
-visukua
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-isukua
|
-zisukua
|
| u(XI)
|
-usukua
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kusukua
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pasukua
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-musukua
|
|
| Reflexive
|
-jisukua
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sukua- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-sukuaye
|
-sukuao
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-sukuao
|
-sukuayo
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-sukualo
|
-sukuayo
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-sukuacho
|
-sukuavyo
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-sukuayo
|
-sukuazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-sukuao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-sukuako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-sukuapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-sukuamo
|
|
|
| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sukua)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yesukua
|
-osukua
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-osukua
|
-yosukua
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-losukua
|
-yosukua
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chosukua
|
-vyosukua
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yosukua
|
-zosukua
|
| u(XI)
|
-osukua
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kosukua
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-posukua
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-mosukua
|
|
|
|
| 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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Yoruba
Etymology
Borrowed from English square.
Pronunciation
Noun
súkúà
- (geometry) square (polygon with four equal sides and four right angles)
- Hypernyms: onígun-mẹ́rin (“rectangle, quadrilateral”), oníhàmẹ́rin (“quadrilateral”), orígun-púpọ̀ (“polygon”), paraló (“parallelogram”), rọ́bọ́ọ̀sì (“rhombus”)
- Coordinate terms: kátì (“kite”), tirapé (“trapezoid, trapezium”), onígun-mẹ́ta (“triangle”), onígun-márùn-ún (“pentagon”), onígun-mẹ́fà (“hexagon”), onígun-méje (“heptagon”), onígun-mẹ́jọ (“octagon”), onígun-mẹ́sàn-án (“nonagon”), onígun-mẹ́wàá (“decagon”), sákù (“circle”)
- (mathematics) square (product of a number multiplied by itself)
Derived terms
- súkúà kìlómítà (“square kilometer”)
- súkúà mítà (“square meter”)
- súkúà sẹ̀ǹtímítà (“square centimetre”)
- ìpìlẹ̀ súkúà (“square root”)
References
- National Language Centre (1987) A Vocabulary of Primary Science and Mathematics in Nine Nigerian Languages, volumes 1 - Fulfilde, Izon and Yoruba, Enugu, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education National Language Centre; Fourth Dimension Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 121, 130