chekea

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cèkɪda (“to mock, to make fun of”). Cognate with Bende -sékélá and Chichewa -sekera.

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chekea (infinitive kuchekea)

1. Applicative form of -cheka: to laugh at

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chekea
Positive present -nachekea Subjunctive -chekee Negative -chekei Imperative singular chekea
Infinitives
Positive kuchekea Negative kutochekea
Imperatives
Singular chekea Plural chekeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchekea Positive past positive subject concord + -lichekea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchekea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachekea) Singular Plural 1st person ninachekea/nachekea tunachekea 2nd person unachekea mnachekea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachekea wanachekea other classes positive subject concord + -nachekea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chekei) Singular Plural 1st person sichekei hatuchekei 2nd person huchekei hamchekei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachekei hawachekei other classes negative subject concord + -chekei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachekea Negative future negative subject concord + -tachekea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chekee) Singular Plural 1st person nichekee tuchekee 2nd person uchekee mchekee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achekee wachekee other classes positive subject concord + -chekee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichekee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechekea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechekea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichekea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichekea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achekea) Singular Plural 1st person nachekea twachekea 2nd person wachekea mwachekea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achekea wachekea m-mi(III/IV) wachekea yachekea ji-ma(V/VI) lachekea yachekea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachekea vyachekea n(IX/X) yachekea zachekea u(XI) wachekea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachekea pa(XVI) pachekea mu(XVIII) mwachekea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechekea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachekea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachekea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichekea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochekea Consecutive kachekea / positive subject concord + -kachekea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachekee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichekea -tuchekea 2nd person -kuchekea -wachekea/-kuchekeeni/-wachekeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchekea -wachekea m-mi(III/IV) -uchekea -ichekea ji-ma(V/VI) -lichekea -yachekea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichekea -vichekea n(IX/X) -ichekea -zichekea u(XI) -uchekea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchekea pa(XVI) -pachekea mu(XVIII) -muchekea Reflexive -jichekea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chekea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chekeaye -chekeao m-mi(III/IV) -chekeao -chekeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chekealo -chekeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chekeacho -chekeavyo n(IX/X) -chekeayo -chekeazo u(XI) -chekeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chekeako pa(XVI) -chekeapo mu(XVIII) -chekeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chekea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechekea -ochekea m-mi(III/IV) -ochekea -yochekea ji-ma(V/VI) -lochekea -yochekea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochekea -vyochekea n(IX/X) -yochekea -zochekea u(XI) -ochekea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochekea pa(XVI) -pochekea mu(XVIII) -mochekea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.