Finnish [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
lip- + -ua , akin to lipeä .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈlipuɑˣ/ , [ˈlipuɑ̝(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ipuɑ
Syllabification(key ) : li‧pu‧a
lipua
To glide , float ( to move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly ) .
Tanssija lipui ylväästi näyttämön ympäri. The dancer floated gracefully around the stage.
To float ( to move in a particular direction with a liquid on which one is floating ) .
Minusta olisi ihanaa vain lipua alavirtaan. I'd love to just float downstream.
To float ( to drift or wander aimlessly ) .
Lapsuuden mielikuvat lipuivat mielessäni. Images from my childhood floated through my mind.
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Swahili [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
-lipua (infinitive kulipua )
to explode
Conjugation [ edit ]
Conjugation of -lipua
Positive present
-na lipua
Subjunctive
-lipue
Negative
-lipui
Imperative singular
lipua
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hulipua
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li lipua
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku lipua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na lipua)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nalipua/na lipua
tu nalipua
2nd person
u nalipua
m nalipua
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nalipua
wa nalipua
other classes
positive subject concord + -na lipua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lipui )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si lipui
hatu lipui
2nd person
hu lipui
ham lipui
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha lipui
hawa lipui
other classes
negative subject concord + -lipui
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta lipua
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta lipua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lipue )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni lipue
tu lipue
2nd person
u lipue
m lipue
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a lipue
wa lipue
other classes
positive subject concord + -lipue
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si lipue
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge lipua
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe lipua
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali lipua
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali lipua
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me lipua
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha lipua
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja lipua
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki lipua
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo lipua
Consecutive
kalipua / positive subject concord + -ka lipua
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka lipue
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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