tafuta

Japanese

Romanization

tafuta

1. Rōmaji transcription of タフタ

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tafuta (infinitive kutafuta)

1. to search (look throughout (a place) for something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tafuta
Positive present -natafuta Subjunctive -tafute Negative -tafuti Imperative singular tafuta
Infinitives
Positive kutafuta Negative kutotafuta
Imperatives
Singular tafuta Plural tafuteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutafuta Positive past positive subject concord + -litafuta Negative past negative subject concord + -kutafuta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natafuta) Singular Plural 1st person ninatafuta/natafuta tunatafuta 2nd person unatafuta mnatafuta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatafuta wanatafuta other classes positive subject concord + -natafuta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tafuti) Singular Plural 1st person sitafuti hatutafuti 2nd person hutafuti hamtafuti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatafuti hawatafuti other classes negative subject concord + -tafuti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatafuta Negative future negative subject concord + -tatafuta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tafute) Singular Plural 1st person nitafute tutafute 2nd person utafute mtafute 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafute watafute other classes positive subject concord + -tafute
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitafute Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetafuta Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetafuta Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitafuta Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitafuta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atafuta) Singular Plural 1st person natafuta twatafuta 2nd person watafuta mwatafuta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafuta watafuta m-mi(III/IV) watafuta yatafuta ji-ma(V/VI) latafuta yatafuta ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatafuta vyatafuta n(IX/X) yatafuta zatafuta u(XI) watafuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatafuta pa(XVI) patafuta mu(XVIII) mwatafuta
Perfect positive subject concord + -metafuta "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatafuta "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatafuta "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitafuta "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotafuta Consecutive katafuta / positive subject concord + -katafuta Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katafute
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitafuta -tutafuta 2nd person -kutafuta -watafuta/-kutafuteni/-watafuteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtafuta -watafuta m-mi(III/IV) -utafuta -itafuta ji-ma(V/VI) -litafuta -yatafuta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitafuta -vitafuta n(IX/X) -itafuta -zitafuta u(XI) -utafuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutafuta pa(XVI) -patafuta mu(XVIII) -mutafuta Reflexive -jitafuta
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafuta- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tafutaye -tafutao m-mi(III/IV) -tafutao -tafutayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tafutalo -tafutayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tafutacho -tafutavyo n(IX/X) -tafutayo -tafutazo u(XI) -tafutao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tafutako pa(XVI) -tafutapo mu(XVIII) -tafutamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafuta) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetafuta -otafuta m-mi(III/IV) -otafuta -yotafuta ji-ma(V/VI) -lotafuta -yotafuta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotafuta -vyotafuta n(IX/X) -yotafuta -zotafuta u(XI) -otafuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotafuta pa(XVI) -potafuta mu(XVIII) -motafuta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tafutia
  • Causative: -tafutisha
  • Passive: -tafutwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtafutaji
  • utafutaji (“searching”)