pigwa

Borrowed from Old High German fīga.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /pi(ː)ɡva/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /piɡva/

pigwa f

1. quince (Cydonia oblonga)

   Synonyms: gdula, pigla

   • 1900 [1437], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[1], number 2549:

     Pigua citonia

     [Pigwa citonia]

   • 1900 [1464], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[2], number 4785:

     Pigwy citonia et poma rubea

     [Pigwy citonia et poma rubea]

• Polish: pigwa

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “pigwa, też pl. tantum pigwy”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish pigwa. Doublet of figa and fikus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɡva/

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• Rhymes: -iɡva
• Syllabification: pi‧gwa

pigwa f (related adjective pigwowy)

1. quince (tree)
2. quince (fruit)

• pigwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pigwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• pigwa in PWN's encyclopedia

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-pigwa (infinitive kupigwa)

1. Passive form of -piga: to be beaten up

Conjugation of -pigwa
Positive present -napigwa Subjunctive -pigwe Negative -pigwi Imperative singular pigwa
Infinitives
Positive kupigwa Negative kutopigwa
Imperatives
Singular pigwa Plural pigweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupigwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipigwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupigwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napigwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapigwa/napigwa tunapigwa 2nd person unapigwa mnapigwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapigwa wanapigwa other classes positive subject concord + -napigwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pigwi) Singular Plural 1st person sipigwi hatupigwi 2nd person hupigwi hampigwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapigwi hawapigwi other classes negative subject concord + -pigwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapigwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapigwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pigwe) Singular Plural 1st person nipigwe tupigwe 2nd person upigwe mpigwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigwe wapigwe other classes positive subject concord + -pigwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipigwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepigwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepigwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipigwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipigwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apigwa) Singular Plural 1st person napigwa twapigwa 2nd person wapigwa mwapigwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigwa wapigwa m-mi(III/IV) wapigwa yapigwa ji-ma(V/VI) lapigwa yapigwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapigwa vyapigwa n(IX/X) yapigwa zapigwa u(XI) wapigwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapigwa pa(XVI) papigwa mu(XVIII) mwapigwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepigwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapigwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japigwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipigwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopigwa Consecutive kapigwa / positive subject concord + -kapigwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapigwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipigwa -tupigwa 2nd person -kupigwa -wapigwa/-kupigweni/-wapigweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpigwa -wapigwa m-mi(III/IV) -upigwa -ipigwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipigwa -yapigwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipigwa -vipigwa n(IX/X) -ipigwa -zipigwa u(XI) -upigwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupigwa pa(XVI) -papigwa mu(XVIII) -mupigwa Reflexive -jipigwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pigwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pigwaye -pigwao m-mi(III/IV) -pigwao -pigwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pigwalo -pigwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pigwacho -pigwavyo n(IX/X) -pigwayo -pigwazo u(XI) -pigwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pigwako pa(XVI) -pigwapo mu(XVIII) -pigwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pigwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepigwa -opigwa m-mi(III/IV) -opigwa -yopigwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopigwa -yopigwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopigwa -vyopigwa n(IX/X) -yopigwa -zopigwa u(XI) -opigwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopigwa pa(XVI) -popigwa mu(XVIII) -mopigwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Other formations: -pigwa kalamu (“to be fired from a job (idiomatic)”)