Latin
Verb
abīrī
- present passive infinitive of abeō
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic عَبَرَ (ʕabara).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
-abiri (infinitive kuabiri)
- to cross (a place), travel
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -abiri
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| Positive present
|
-naabiri
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| Subjunctive
|
-abiri
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| Negative
|
-abiri
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| Imperative singular
|
abiri
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| Infinitives
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| Positive
|
kuabiri
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| Negative
|
kutoabiri
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
|
abiri
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| Plural
|
abirini
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
|
huabiri
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| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -liabiri
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| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuabiri
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naabiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
ninaabiri/naabiri
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tunaabiri
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| 2nd person
|
unaabiri
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mnaabiri
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anaabiri
|
wanaabiri
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| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -naabiri
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -abiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
siabiri
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hatuabiri
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| 2nd person
|
huabiri
|
hamwabiri
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
haabiri
|
hawaabiri
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| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -abiri
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| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -taabiri
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| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -taabiri
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -abiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
niabiri
|
tuabiri
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| 2nd person
|
uabiri
|
mwabiri
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
aabiri
|
waabiri
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| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -abiri
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| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -siabiri
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| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngeabiri
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| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singeabiri
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| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngaliabiri
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| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singaliabiri
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| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aabiri)
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Singular
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Plural
|
| 1st person
|
naabiri
|
twaabiri
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| 2nd person
|
waabiri
|
mwaabiri
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
aabiri
|
waabiri
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
waabiri
|
yaabiri
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
laabiri
|
yaabiri
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chaabiri
|
vyaabiri
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| n(IX/X)
|
yaabiri
|
zaabiri
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| u(XI)
|
waabiri
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwaabiri
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| pa(XVI)
|
paabiri
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| mu(XVIII)
|
mwaabiri
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| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -meabiri
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaabiri
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaabiri
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiabiri
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoabiri
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| Consecutive
|
kaabiri / positive subject concord + -kaabiri
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| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kaabiri
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| Object concord (indicative positive)
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Singular
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Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-niabiri
|
-tuabiri
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| 2nd person
|
-kuabiri
|
-waabiri/-kuabirini/-waabirini
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-mwabiri
|
-waabiri
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-uabiri
|
-iabiri
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-liabiri
|
-yaabiri
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kiabiri
|
-viabiri
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| n(IX/X)
|
-iabiri
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-ziabiri
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| u(XI)
|
-uabiri
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kuabiri
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| pa(XVI)
|
-paabiri
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-muabiri
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| Reflexive
|
-jiabiri
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| Relative forms
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| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -abiri- + relative marker)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
|
-abiriye
|
-abirio
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-abirio
|
-abiriyo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-abirilo
|
-abiriyo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-abiricho
|
-abirivyo
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| n(IX/X)
|
-abiriyo
|
-abirizo
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| u(XI)
|
-abirio
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-abiriko
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| pa(XVI)
|
-abiripo
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-abirimo
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -abiri)
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Singular
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Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yeabiri
|
-oabiri
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-oabiri
|
-yoabiri
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-loabiri
|
-yoabiri
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-choabiri
|
-vyoabiri
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| n(IX/X)
|
-yoabiri
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-zoabiri
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| u(XI)
|
-oabiri
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-koabiri
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| pa(XVI)
|
-poabiri
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-moabiri
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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
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198 Nr. 1775
Further reading
- abiri in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press
Tooro
Etymology
Sense 2 is a clipping of makumi abiri (“twenty”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
abiri
- class 6 form of -biri (“two”)
- twenty
Usage notes
- Sense 2 (twenty) cannot not used when a class 6 noun precedes it, in which case it means "two". makumi abiri is used instead.
Zaghawa
Pronunciation
Noun
abiri
- lips
References