tokota

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tokota (infinitive kutokota)

1. to boil (to heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tokota
Positive present -natokota Subjunctive -tokote Negative -tokoti Imperative singular tokota
Infinitives
Positive kutokota Negative kutotokota
Imperatives
Singular tokota Plural tokoteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutokota Positive past positive subject concord + -litokota Negative past negative subject concord + -kutokota
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natokota) Singular Plural 1st person ninatokota/natokota tunatokota 2nd person unatokota mnatokota 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatokota wanatokota other classes positive subject concord + -natokota
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tokoti) Singular Plural 1st person sitokoti hatutokoti 2nd person hutokoti hamtokoti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatokoti hawatokoti other classes negative subject concord + -tokoti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatokota Negative future negative subject concord + -tatokota
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tokote) Singular Plural 1st person nitokote tutokote 2nd person utokote mtokote 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atokote watokote other classes positive subject concord + -tokote
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitokote Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetokota Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetokota Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitokota Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitokota
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atokota) Singular Plural 1st person natokota twatokota 2nd person watokota mwatokota 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atokota watokota m-mi(III/IV) watokota yatokota ji-ma(V/VI) latokota yatokota ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatokota vyatokota n(IX/X) yatokota zatokota u(XI) watokota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatokota pa(XVI) patokota mu(XVIII) mwatokota
Perfect positive subject concord + -metokota "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatokota "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatokota "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitokota "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotokota Consecutive katokota / positive subject concord + -katokota Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katokote
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitokota -tutokota 2nd person -kutokota -watokota/-kutokoteni/-watokoteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtokota -watokota m-mi(III/IV) -utokota -itokota ji-ma(V/VI) -litokota -yatokota ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitokota -vitokota n(IX/X) -itokota -zitokota u(XI) -utokota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutokota pa(XVI) -patokota mu(XVIII) -mutokota Reflexive -jitokota
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tokota- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tokotaye -tokotao m-mi(III/IV) -tokotao -tokotayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tokotalo -tokotayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tokotacho -tokotavyo n(IX/X) -tokotayo -tokotazo u(XI) -tokotao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tokotako pa(XVI) -tokotapo mu(XVIII) -tokotamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tokota) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetokota -otokota m-mi(III/IV) -otokota -yotokota ji-ma(V/VI) -lotokota -yotokota ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotokota -vyotokota n(IX/X) -yotokota -zotokota u(XI) -otokota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotokota pa(XVI) -potokota mu(XVIII) -motokota
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.