Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric *lᴕćɜ (“wide, broad, loose”) + -a (diminutive suffix).[1]
- IPA(key): [ˈlɒzɒ]
- Hyphenation: la‧za
- Rhymes: -zɒ
laza (comparative lazább, superlative leglazább)
- loose, lax, slack
- Antonyms: szoros, feszes, feszített, megfeszített
- lax, lenient, permissive
- Synonyms: rugalmas, elnéző, engedékeny
- Antonyms: szigorú, merev, hajthatatlan
- (of style or attitude) relaxed, chilled, easy-going, laid-back, casual, cool (not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting)
- Synonyms: könnyed, lezser
- Antonyms: hivatalos, formális, előkelő
- laza in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
From -lala (“to sleep”) + -ya (causative affix).
-laza (infinitive kulaza)
- to put to bed, to lay down
- to hospitalize, to admit to hospital
Conjugation of -laza
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Positive present
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-nalaza
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Subjunctive
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-laze
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Negative
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-lazi
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Imperative singular
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laza
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hulaza
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lilaza
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kulaza
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalaza)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninalaza/nalaza
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tunalaza
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2nd person
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unalaza
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mnalaza
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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analaza
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wanalaza
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nalaza
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -lazi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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silazi
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hatulazi
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2nd person
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hulazi
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hamlazi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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halazi
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hawalazi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -lazi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -talaza
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -talaza
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -laze)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nilaze
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tulaze
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2nd person
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ulaze
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mlaze
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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alaze
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walaze
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -laze
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -silaze
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngelaza
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singelaza
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalilaza
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalilaza
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -melaza
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshalaza
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jalaza
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kilaza
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipolaza
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Consecutive
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kalaza / positive subject concord + -kalaza
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kalaze
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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