kafini

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَفَّنَ (kaffana).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kafini (infinitive kukafini)

  1. to shroud, to cover with a shroud (of a corpse)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kafini
Positive present -nakafini
Subjunctive -kafini
Negative -kafini
Imperative singular kafini
Infinitives
Positive kukafini
Negative kutokafini
Imperatives
Singular kafini
Plural kafinini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukafini
Positive past positive subject concord + -likafini
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukafini
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakafini)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakafini/nakafini tunakafini
2nd person unakafini mnakafini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakafini wanakafini
other classes positive subject concord + -nakafini
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kafini)
Singular Plural
1st person sikafini hatukafini
2nd person hukafini hamkafini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakafini hawakafini
other classes negative subject concord + -kafini
Positive future positive subject concord + -takafini
Negative future negative subject concord + -takafini
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kafini)
Singular Plural
1st person nikafini tukafini
2nd person ukafini mkafini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akafini wakafini
other classes positive subject concord + -kafini
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikafini
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekafini
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekafini
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikafini
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikafini
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akafini)
Singular Plural
1st person nakafini twakafini
2nd person wakafini mwakafini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akafini wakafini
m-mi(III/IV) wakafini yakafini
ji-ma(V/VI) lakafini yakafini
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakafini vyakafini
n(IX/X) yakafini zakafini
u(XI) wakafini see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakafini
pa(XVI) pakafini
mu(XVIII) mwakafini
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekafini
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakafini
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakafini
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikafini
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokafini
Consecutive kakafini / positive subject concord + -kakafini
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakafini
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikafini -tukafini
2nd person -kukafini -wakafini/-kukafinini/-wakafinini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkafini -wakafini
m-mi(III/IV) -ukafini -ikafini
ji-ma(V/VI) -likafini -yakafini
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikafini -vikafini
n(IX/X) -ikafini -zikafini
u(XI) -ukafini see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukafini
pa(XVI) -pakafini
mu(XVIII) -mukafini
Reflexive -jikafini
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kafini- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kafiniye -kafinio
m-mi(III/IV) -kafinio -kafiniyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kafinilo -kafiniyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kafinicho -kafinivyo
n(IX/X) -kafiniyo -kafinizo
u(XI) -kafinio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kafiniko
pa(XVI) -kafinipo
mu(XVIII) -kafinimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kafini)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekafini -okafini
m-mi(III/IV) -okafini -yokafini
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokafini -yokafini
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokafini -vyokafini
n(IX/X) -yokafini -zokafini
u(XI) -okafini see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokafini
pa(XVI) -pokafini
mu(XVIII) -mokafini
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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