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alika
- to invite
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alika
- dog
From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
-alika (infinitive kualika)
- to invite
Conjugation of -alika
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Positive present
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-naalika
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Subjunctive
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-alike
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Negative
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-aliki
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Imperative singular
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alika
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hualika
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lialika
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kualika
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naalika)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaalika/naalika
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tunaalika
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2nd person
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unaalika
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mnaalika
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaalika
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wanaalika
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naalika
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -aliki)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sialiki
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hatualiki
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2nd person
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hualiki
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hamwaliki
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haaliki
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hawaaliki
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -aliki
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taalika
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taalika
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -alike)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nialike
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tualike
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2nd person
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ualike
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mwalike
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aalike
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waalike
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -alike
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sialike
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngealika
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singealika
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalialika
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalialika
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mealika
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaalika
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaalika
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kialika
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoalika
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Consecutive
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kaalika / positive subject concord + -kaalika
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaalike
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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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Borrowed from Low German aleke, alleke, further origin disputed. Cognate of Danish allike.
alika c
- (Scania, Halland, Blekinge) jackdaw, Corvus monedula
- Synonym: kaja