starehe

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

starehe (n class, plural starehe)

1. comfort, repose

Verb

-starehe (infinitive kustarehe)

1. to rest, to be comfortable

Conjugation

Conjugation of -starehe
Positive present -nastarehe Subjunctive -starehe Negative -starehe Imperative singular starehe
Infinitives
Positive kustarehe Negative kutostarehe
Imperatives
Singular starehe Plural stareheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hustarehe Positive past positive subject concord + -listarehe Negative past negative subject concord + -kustarehe
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nastarehe) Singular Plural 1st person ninastarehe/nastarehe tunastarehe 2nd person unastarehe mnastarehe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anastarehe wanastarehe other classes positive subject concord + -nastarehe
Negative present (negative subject concord + -starehe) Singular Plural 1st person sistarehe hatustarehe 2nd person hustarehe hamstarehe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hastarehe hawastarehe other classes negative subject concord + -starehe
Positive future positive subject concord + -tastarehe Negative future negative subject concord + -tastarehe
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -starehe) Singular Plural 1st person nistarehe tustarehe 2nd person ustarehe mstarehe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) astarehe wastarehe other classes positive subject concord + -starehe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sistarehe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngestarehe Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singestarehe Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalistarehe Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalistarehe
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -astarehe) Singular Plural 1st person nastarehe twastarehe 2nd person wastarehe mwastarehe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) astarehe wastarehe m-mi(III/IV) wastarehe yastarehe ji-ma(V/VI) lastarehe yastarehe ki-vi(VII/VIII) chastarehe vyastarehe n(IX/X) yastarehe zastarehe u(XI) wastarehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwastarehe pa(XVI) pastarehe mu(XVIII) mwastarehe
Perfect positive subject concord + -mestarehe "Already" positive subject concord + -meshastarehe "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jastarehe "If/When" positive subject concord + -kistarehe "If not" positive subject concord + -sipostarehe Consecutive kastarehe / positive subject concord + -kastarehe Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kastarehe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nistarehe -tustarehe 2nd person -kustarehe -wastarehe/-kustareheni/-wastareheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mstarehe -wastarehe m-mi(III/IV) -ustarehe -istarehe ji-ma(V/VI) -listarehe -yastarehe ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kistarehe -vistarehe n(IX/X) -istarehe -zistarehe u(XI) -ustarehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kustarehe pa(XVI) -pastarehe mu(XVIII) -mustarehe Reflexive -jistarehe
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -starehe- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -stareheye -stareheo m-mi(III/IV) -stareheo -stareheyo ji-ma(V/VI) -starehelo -stareheyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -starehecho -starehevyo n(IX/X) -stareheyo -starehezo u(XI) -stareheo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -stareheko pa(XVI) -starehepo mu(XVIII) -starehemo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -starehe) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yestarehe -ostarehe m-mi(III/IV) -ostarehe -yostarehe ji-ma(V/VI) -lostarehe -yostarehe ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chostarehe -vyostarehe n(IX/X) -yostarehe -zostarehe u(XI) -ostarehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kostarehe pa(XVI) -postarehe mu(XVIII) -mostarehe
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

References

• Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 127 No. 1137