Etymology
From kalí (“house”).
Verb
kaliwa (future kaliima, past participle kalíwami, preterite kaliili)
- (intransitive) have a house
References
- Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101) (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3
- Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 21
Verb
-kaliwa (infinitive kukaliwa)
- Passive form of -kaa: to be sat on
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of, Positive present ...
Conjugation of -kaliwa |
Positive present |
-nakaliwa |
Subjunctive |
-kaliwe |
Negative |
-kaliwi |
Imperative singular |
kaliwa |
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Infinitives |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
kaliwa |
Plural |
kaliweni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
hukaliwa |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -likaliwa |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kukaliwa |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakaliwa) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninakaliwa/nakaliwa |
tunakaliwa |
2nd person |
unakaliwa |
mnakaliwa |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anakaliwa |
wanakaliwa |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nakaliwa |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -kaliwi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sikaliwi |
hatukaliwi |
2nd person |
hukaliwi |
hamkaliwi |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hakaliwi |
hawakaliwi |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -kaliwi |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -takaliwa |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -takaliwa |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kaliwe) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nikaliwe |
tukaliwe |
2nd person |
ukaliwe |
mkaliwe |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
akaliwe |
wakaliwe |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -kaliwe |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sikaliwe |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngekaliwa |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singekaliwa |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalikaliwa |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalikaliwa |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mekaliwa |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshakaliwa |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jakaliwa |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kikaliwa |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipokaliwa |
Consecutive |
kakaliwa / positive subject concord + -kakaliwa |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kakaliwe |
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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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Further reading
- “kaliwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018