tabiri

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr).^[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tabiri (infinitive kutabiri)

1. to forecast

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tabiri
Positive present -natabiri Subjunctive -tabiri Negative -tabiri Imperative singular tabiri
Infinitives
Positive kutabiri Negative kutotabiri
Imperatives
Singular tabiri Plural tabirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutabiri Positive past positive subject concord + -litabiri Negative past negative subject concord + -kutabiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natabiri) Singular Plural 1st person ninatabiri/natabiri tunatabiri 2nd person unatabiri mnatabiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatabiri wanatabiri other classes positive subject concord + -natabiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tabiri) Singular Plural 1st person sitabiri hatutabiri 2nd person hutabiri hamtabiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatabiri hawatabiri other classes negative subject concord + -tabiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatabiri Negative future negative subject concord + -tatabiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tabiri) Singular Plural 1st person nitabiri tutabiri 2nd person utabiri mtabiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabiri watabiri other classes positive subject concord + -tabiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitabiri Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetabiri Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetabiri Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitabiri Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitabiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atabiri) Singular Plural 1st person natabiri twatabiri 2nd person watabiri mwatabiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabiri watabiri m-mi(III/IV) watabiri yatabiri ji-ma(V/VI) latabiri yatabiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatabiri vyatabiri n(IX/X) yatabiri zatabiri u(XI) watabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatabiri pa(XVI) patabiri mu(XVIII) mwatabiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -metabiri "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatabiri "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatabiri "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitabiri "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotabiri Consecutive katabiri / positive subject concord + -katabiri Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katabiri
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitabiri -tutabiri 2nd person -kutabiri -watabiri/-kutabirini/-watabirini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtabiri -watabiri m-mi(III/IV) -utabiri -itabiri ji-ma(V/VI) -litabiri -yatabiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitabiri -vitabiri n(IX/X) -itabiri -zitabiri u(XI) -utabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutabiri pa(XVI) -patabiri mu(XVIII) -mutabiri Reflexive -jitabiri
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tabiri- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tabiriye -tabirio m-mi(III/IV) -tabirio -tabiriyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tabirilo -tabiriyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tabiricho -tabirivyo n(IX/X) -tabiriyo -tabirizo u(XI) -tabirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tabiriko pa(XVI) -tabiripo mu(XVIII) -tabirimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tabiri) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetabiri -otabiri m-mi(III/IV) -otabiri -yotabiri ji-ma(V/VI) -lotabiri -yotabiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotabiri -vyotabiri n(IX/X) -yotabiri -zotabiri u(XI) -otabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotabiri pa(XVI) -potabiri mu(XVIII) -motabiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtabiri (“forecaster”)
  • utabiri (“forecast”)

References

1. Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199 Nr. 1777