amwa

Digo

amwa

Joseph Mwalonya, Alison Nicolle, Steve Nicolle, Juma Zimbu, 2005, Mgombato. Digo-English-Swahili Dictionary, page 93, Digo Language and Literacy Project.

-amwa (infinitive kuamwa)

Conjugation of -amwa

Infinitives

Positive	kuamwa
Negative	kutoamwa

Imperatives

Singular	amwa
Plural	amweni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huamwa
Positive past	positive subject concord + -liamwa
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuamwa

Positive present (positive subject concord + -naamwa)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninaamwa/naamwa	tunaamwa
2nd person		unaamwa	mnaamwa
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anaamwa	wanaamwa
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -naamwa

Negative present (negative subject concord + -amwi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		siamwi	hatuamwi
2nd person		huamwi	hamwamwi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	haamwi	hawaamwi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -amwi

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -amwe)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		niamwe	tuamwe
2nd person		uamwe	mwamwe
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aamwe	waamwe
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -amwe

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -siamwe
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngeamwa
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singeamwa
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngaliamwa
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singaliamwa

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aamwa)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		naamwa	twaamwa
2nd person		waamwa	mwaamwa
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aamwa	waamwa
	m-mi_(III/IV)	waamwa	yaamwa
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	laamwa	yaamwa
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chaamwa	vyaamwa
	n_(IX/X)	yaamwa	zaamwa
	u_(XI)	waamwa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwaamwa
	pa_(XVI)	paamwa
	mu_(XVIII)	mwaamwa

Perfect	positive subject concord + -meamwa
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshaamwa
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jaamwa
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kiamwa
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipoamwa
Consecutive	kaamwa / positive subject concord + -kaamwa
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kaamwe

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-niamwa	-tuamwa
2nd person		-kuamwa	-waamwa/-kuamweni/-waamweni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mwamwa	-waamwa
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uamwa	-iamwa
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-liamwa	-yaamwa
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kiamwa	-viamwa
	n_(IX/X)	-iamwa	-ziamwa
	u_(XI)	-uamwa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuamwa
	pa_(XVI)	-paamwa
	mu_(XVIII)	-muamwa
Reflexive		-jiamwa

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -amwa- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-amwaye	-amwao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-amwao	-amwayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-amwalo	-amwayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-amwacho	-amwavyo
n_(IX/X)	-amwayo	-amwazo
u_(XI)	-amwao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-amwako
pa_(XVI)	-amwapo
mu_(XVIII)	-amwamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -amwa)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yeamwa	-oamwa
m-mi_(III/IV)	-oamwa	-yoamwa
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-loamwa	-yoamwa
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-choamwa	-vyoamwa
n_(IX/X)	-yoamwa	-zoamwa
u_(XI)	-oamwa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-koamwa
pa_(XVI)	-poamwa
mu_(XVIII)	-moamwa

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