wahi

See also: wāhi

Swahili

-wahi (infinitive kuwahi)

Conjugation of -wahi

Infinitives

Positive	kuwahi
Negative	kutowahi

Imperatives

Singular	wahi
Plural	wahini

Tensed forms

Habitual	huwahi
Positive past	positive subject concord + -liwahi
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuwahi

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nawahi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninawahi/nawahi	tunawahi
2nd person		unawahi	mnawahi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anawahi	wanawahi
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nawahi

Negative present (negative subject concord + -wahi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		siwahi	hatuwahi
2nd person		huwahi	hamuwahi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hawahi	hawawahi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -wahi

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wahi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		niwahi	tuwahi
2nd person		uwahi	muwahi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	awahi	wawahi
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -wahi

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -siwahi
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngewahi
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singewahi
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngaliwahi
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singaliwahi

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -awahi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nawahi	twawahi
2nd person		wawahi	mwawahi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	awahi	wawahi
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wawahi	yawahi
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lawahi	yawahi
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chawahi	vyawahi
	n_(IX/X)	yawahi	zawahi
	u_(XI)	wawahi	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwawahi
	pa_(XVI)	pawahi
	mu_(XVIII)	mwawahi

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mewahi
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshawahi
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jawahi
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kiwahi
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipowahi
Consecutive	kawahi / positive subject concord + -kawahi
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kawahi

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-niwahi	-tuwahi
2nd person		-kuwahi	-wawahi/-kuwahini/-wawahini
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-muwahi	-wawahi
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uwahi	-iwahi
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-liwahi	-yawahi
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kiwahi	-viwahi
	n_(IX/X)	-iwahi	-ziwahi
	u_(XI)	-uwahi	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuwahi
	pa_(XVI)	-pawahi
	mu_(XVIII)	-muwahi
Reflexive		-jiwahi

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -wahi- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-wahiye	-wahio
m-mi_(III/IV)	-wahio	-wahiyo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-wahilo	-wahiyo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-wahicho	-wahivyo
n_(IX/X)	-wahiyo	-wahizo
u_(XI)	-wahio	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-wahiko
pa_(XVI)	-wahipo
mu_(XVIII)	-wahimo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -wahi)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yewahi	-owahi
m-mi_(III/IV)	-owahi	-yowahi
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lowahi	-yowahi
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chowahi	-vyowahi
n_(IX/X)	-yowahi	-zowahi
u_(XI)	-owahi	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kowahi
pa_(XVI)	-powahi
mu_(XVIII)	-mowahi

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

Verbal derivations:
- Passive: -wahiwa (“to have undertaken, to have gotten a chance to do something”)

^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302 No. 2898