hamaki

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَق (ḥamaq).

Noun

hamaki (n class, plural hamaki)

rage, sudden anger
Synonym: hasira

Aliuliza kwa hamaki ― He asked in anger

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حَمِقَ (ḥamiqa).

Verb

-hamaki (infinitive kuhamaki)

to be enraged, infuriated

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hamaki

Positive present	-nahamaki
Subjunctive	-hamaki
Negative	-hamaki
Imperative singular	hamaki

Infinitives

Positive	kuhamaki
Negative	kutohamaki

Imperatives

Singular	hamaki
Plural	hamakini

Tensed forms

Habitual	huhamaki
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lihamaki
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuhamaki

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahamaki)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninahamaki/nahamaki	tunahamaki
2nd person		unahamaki	mnahamaki
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anahamaki	wanahamaki
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nahamaki

Negative present (negative subject concord + -hamaki)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sihamaki	hatuhamaki
2nd person		huhamaki	hamhamaki
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hahamaki	hawahamaki
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -hamaki

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tahamaki
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tahamaki

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hamaki)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nihamaki	tuhamaki
2nd person		uhamaki	mhamaki
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	ahamaki	wahamaki
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -hamaki

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sihamaki
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngehamaki
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singehamaki
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalihamaki
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalihamaki

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahamaki)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nahamaki	twahamaki
2nd person		wahamaki	mwahamaki
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	ahamaki	wahamaki
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wahamaki	yahamaki
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lahamaki	yahamaki
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chahamaki	vyahamaki
	n_(IX/X)	yahamaki	zahamaki
	u_(XI)	wahamaki	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwahamaki
	pa_(XVI)	pahamaki
	mu_(XVIII)	mwahamaki

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mehamaki
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshahamaki
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jahamaki
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kihamaki
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipohamaki
Consecutive	kahamaki / positive subject concord + -kahamaki
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kahamaki

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nihamaki	-tuhamaki
2nd person		-kuhamaki	-wahamaki/-kuhamakini/-wahamakini
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mhamaki	-wahamaki
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uhamaki	-ihamaki
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lihamaki	-yahamaki
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kihamaki	-vihamaki
	n_(IX/X)	-ihamaki	-zihamaki
	u_(XI)	-uhamaki	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuhamaki
	pa_(XVI)	-pahamaki
	mu_(XVIII)	-muhamaki
Reflexive		-jihamaki

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hamaki- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-hamakiye	-hamakio
m-mi_(III/IV)	-hamakio	-hamakiyo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-hamakilo	-hamakiyo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-hamakicho	-hamakivyo
n_(IX/X)	-hamakiyo	-hamakizo
u_(XI)	-hamakio	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-hamakiko
pa_(XVI)	-hamakipo
mu_(XVIII)	-hamakimo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hamaki)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yehamaki	-ohamaki
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ohamaki	-yohamaki
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lohamaki	-yohamaki
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chohamaki	-vyohamaki
n_(IX/X)	-yohamaki	-zohamaki
u_(XI)	-ohamaki	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kohamaki
pa_(XVI)	-pohamaki
mu_(XVIII)	-mohamaki

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.