kunja

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Chichewa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *njáì, placed in a locative class with ku.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kunjá class 17

  1. outside
  2. abroad (outside of the country in question)

Gothic

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Romanization

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kunja

  1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-kunja (infinitive kukunja)

  1. to bend, to fold
    kukunja nguoto fold clothes

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -kunja
Positive present -nakunja
Subjunctive -kunje
Negative -kunji
Imperative singular kunja
Infinitives
Positive kukunja
Negative kutokunja
Imperatives
Singular kunja
Plural kunjeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukunja
Positive past positive subject concord + -likunja
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukunja
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakunja)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakunja/nakunja tunakunja
2nd person unakunja mnakunja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakunja wanakunja
other classes positive subject concord + -nakunja
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kunji)
Singular Plural
1st person sikunji hatukunji
2nd person hukunji hamkunji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakunji hawakunji
other classes negative subject concord + -kunji
Positive future positive subject concord + -takunja
Negative future negative subject concord + -takunja
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kunje)
Singular Plural
1st person nikunje tukunje
2nd person ukunje mkunje
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akunje wakunje
other classes positive subject concord + -kunje
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikunje
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekunja
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekunja
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikunja
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikunja
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akunja)
Singular Plural
1st person nakunja twakunja
2nd person wakunja mwakunja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akunja wakunja
m-mi(III/IV) wakunja yakunja
ji-ma(V/VI) lakunja yakunja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakunja vyakunja
n(IX/X) yakunja zakunja
u(XI) wakunja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakunja
pa(XVI) pakunja
mu(XVIII) mwakunja
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekunja
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakunja
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakunja
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikunja
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokunja
Consecutive kakunja / positive subject concord + -kakunja
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakunje
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikunja -tukunja
2nd person -kukunja -wakunja/-kukunjeni/-wakunjeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkunja -wakunja
m-mi(III/IV) -ukunja -ikunja
ji-ma(V/VI) -likunja -yakunja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikunja -vikunja
n(IX/X) -ikunja -zikunja
u(XI) -ukunja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukunja
pa(XVI) -pakunja
mu(XVIII) -mukunja
Reflexive -jikunja
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kunja- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kunjaye -kunjao
m-mi(III/IV) -kunjao -kunjayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kunjalo -kunjayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kunjacho -kunjavyo
n(IX/X) -kunjayo -kunjazo
u(XI) -kunjao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kunjako
pa(XVI) -kunjapo
mu(XVIII) -kunjamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kunja)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekunja -okunja
m-mi(III/IV) -okunja -yokunja
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokunja -yokunja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokunja -vyokunja
n(IX/X) -yokunja -zokunja
u(XI) -okunja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokunja
pa(XVI) -pokunja
mu(XVIII) -mokunja
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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