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anza f (plural anzen )
( Sette Comuni ) small snake
De snaidaren is khènt gahékhet bónnara anzen . The seamstress was bitten by a small snake .
Declension of anza – 6th declension
singular
plural
indef.
def.
noun
def.
noun
nominative
an
de
anza
de
anzen
accusative
an
de
anza
de
anzen
dative
anara
dar
anzen
in
anzen
“anza” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974 ) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini , 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
anza
Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌶𐌰
anza
Obsolete spelling of ansa .
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
anza
( transitive , with dative) to heed , to take notice of
( with til + genitive ) to answer , to reply to
Conjugation of anza — active (weak class 2)
Conjugation of anza — mediopassive (weak class 2)
Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989 ) Íslensk orðsifjabók , Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur ” tab.)
“anza” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
“anza ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910 ) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press
From Proto-Bantu [Term?] .
-anza (infinitive kwanza )
to begin
The phrasing -a kwanza usually means "first", literally "of the beginning".
Conjugation of -anza
Positive present
-na kwanza
Subjunctive
-anze
Negative
-anzi
Imperative singular
kuanza
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huanza
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kwanza
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku anza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na kwanza)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nakwanza/na kwanza
tu nakwanza
2nd person
u nakwanza
m nakwanza
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nakwanza
wa nakwanza
other classes
positive subject concord + -na kwanza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -anzi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si anzi
hatu anzi
2nd person
hu anzi
hamw anzi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha anzi
hawa anzi
other classes
negative subject concord + -anzi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kwanza
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kwanza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -anze )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni anze
tu anze
2nd person
u anze
mw anze
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a anze
wa anze
other classes
positive subject concord + -anze
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si anze
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kwanza
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kwanza
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kwanza
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kwanza
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kwanza
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kwanza
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja anza
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki anza
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kwanza
Consecutive
kaanza / positive subject concord + -ka anza
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka anze
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.