ahiri

See also: 'ahiri

Anauyá

Noun

ahiri

1. water

References

• I Simposio Antonio Tovar sobre Lenguas Amerindias (Emilio Ridruejo Alonso, Mara Fuertes, Carlos González-Espresati; 2003)
• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) ?
• native-languages.org

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَخَّرَ (ʔaḵḵara).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-ahiri (infinitive kuahiri)

1. to delay, to put off, to procrastinate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ahiri
Positive present -naahiri Subjunctive -ahiri Negative -ahiri Imperative singular ahiri
Infinitives
Positive kuahiri Negative kutoahiri
Imperatives
Singular ahiri Plural ahirini
Tensed forms
Habitual huahiri Positive past positive subject concord + -liahiri Negative past negative subject concord + -kuahiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naahiri) Singular Plural 1st person ninaahiri/naahiri tunaahiri 2nd person unaahiri mnaahiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaahiri wanaahiri other classes positive subject concord + -naahiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ahiri) Singular Plural 1st person siahiri hatuahiri 2nd person huahiri hamwahiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haahiri hawaahiri other classes negative subject concord + -ahiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -taahiri Negative future negative subject concord + -taahiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ahiri) Singular Plural 1st person niahiri tuahiri 2nd person uahiri mwahiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aahiri waahiri other classes positive subject concord + -ahiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siahiri Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeahiri Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeahiri Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliahiri Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliahiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aahiri) Singular Plural 1st person naahiri twaahiri 2nd person waahiri mwaahiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aahiri waahiri m-mi(III/IV) waahiri yaahiri ji-ma(V/VI) laahiri yaahiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaahiri vyaahiri n(IX/X) yaahiri zaahiri u(XI) waahiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaahiri pa(XVI) paahiri mu(XVIII) mwaahiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -meahiri "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaahiri "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaahiri "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiahiri "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoahiri Consecutive kaahiri / positive subject concord + -kaahiri Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaahiri
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niahiri -tuahiri 2nd person -kuahiri -waahiri/-kuahirini/-waahirini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwahiri -waahiri m-mi(III/IV) -uahiri -iahiri ji-ma(V/VI) -liahiri -yaahiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiahiri -viahiri n(IX/X) -iahiri -ziahiri u(XI) -uahiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuahiri pa(XVI) -paahiri mu(XVIII) -muahiri Reflexive -jiahiri
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ahiri- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ahiriye -ahirio m-mi(III/IV) -ahirio -ahiriyo ji-ma(V/VI) -ahirilo -ahiriyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ahiricho -ahirivyo n(IX/X) -ahiriyo -ahirizo u(XI) -ahirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ahiriko pa(XVI) -ahiripo mu(XVIII) -ahirimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ahiri) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeahiri -oahiri m-mi(III/IV) -oahiri -yoahiri ji-ma(V/VI) -loahiri -yoahiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choahiri -vyoahiri n(IX/X) -yoahiri -zoahiri u(XI) -oahiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koahiri pa(XVI) -poahiri mu(XVIII) -moahiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -ahirisha (“to postpone, to adjourn, to suspend”)
  • Stative: -ahirika