onya

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onya

From -ona (“to see”) +‎ -ya (causative affix).

-onya (infinitive kuonya)

Conjugation of -onya

Infinitives

Positive	kuonya
Negative	kutoonya

Imperatives

Singular	onya
Plural	onyeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huonya
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lionya
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuonya

Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonya)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninaonya/naonya	tunaonya
2nd person		unaonya	mnaonya
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anaonya	wanaonya
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -naonya

Negative present (negative subject concord + -onyi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sionyi	hatuonyi
2nd person		huonyi	hamwonyi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	haonyi	hawaonyi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -onyi

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onye)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nionye	tuonye
2nd person		uonye	mwonye
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aonye	waonye
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -onye

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sionye
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngeonya
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singeonya
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalionya
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalionya

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonya)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		naonya	twaonya
2nd person		waonya	mwaonya
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aonya	waonya
	m-mi_(III/IV)	waonya	yaonya
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	laonya	yaonya
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chaonya	vyaonya
	n_(IX/X)	yaonya	zaonya
	u_(XI)	waonya	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwaonya
	pa_(XVI)	paonya
	mu_(XVIII)	mwaonya

Perfect	positive subject concord + -meonya
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshaonya
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jaonya
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kionya
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipoonya
Consecutive	kaonya / positive subject concord + -kaonya
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kaonye

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nionya	-tuonya
2nd person		-kuonya	-waonya/-kuonyeni/-waonyeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mwonya	-waonya
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uonya	-ionya
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lionya	-yaonya
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kionya	-vionya
	n_(IX/X)	-ionya	-zionya
	u_(XI)	-uonya	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuonya
	pa_(XVI)	-paonya
	mu_(XVIII)	-muonya
Reflexive		-jionya

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onya- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-onyaye	-onyao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-onyao	-onyayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-onyalo	-onyayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-onyacho	-onyavyo
n_(IX/X)	-onyayo	-onyazo
u_(XI)	-onyao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-onyako
pa_(XVI)	-onyapo
mu_(XVIII)	-onyamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onya)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yeonya	-oonya
m-mi_(III/IV)	-oonya	-yoonya
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-loonya	-yoonya
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-choonya	-vyoonya
n_(IX/X)	-yoonya	-zoonya
u_(XI)	-oonya	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-koonya
pa_(XVI)	-poonya
mu_(XVIII)	-moonya

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