wapo

See also: WaPo

Canela

Etymology

From wa 'its tooth' (third person of xwa 'tooth' < Proto-Northern Jê *ĵwa (“tooth”) < Proto-Cerrado *jwa (“tooth”) < Proto-Jê *jô (“tooth”)) + po 'wide' (< Proto-Northern Jê *po (“flat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋapɔ/

Noun

wapo

1. knife, machete

   Cute wapo caxàr.

   He draw his knife.

   Ite wapo to icator cakrô nee me hũkàr nare.

   Although I brought machetes, they didn’t buy any.

   Jũm jõ wapo mã?

   Whose knife is it?

Spanish

Adjective

wapo (feminine wapa, masculine plural wapos, feminine plural wapas)

1. Eye dialect spelling of guapo.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Verb

-wapo (infinitive kuwapo)

1. to be (at a definite/specific place)

   Tupo shuleni.

   We are at the school.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -wapo (irregular)
Gnomic -po (irregular) Subjunctive -wepo Negative -po (irregular)
Infinitives
Positive kuwapo Negative kutokuwapo
Tensed forms
Habitual huwapo/huwa Positive past positive subject concord + -likuwapo/-likuwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuwapo/-kuwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -po) Singular Plural 1st person nipo tupo 2nd person upo mpo 3rd person m-wa(I/II) yupo wapo other classes positive subject concord + -po
Negative present (negative subject concord + -po) Singular Plural 1st person sipo hatupo 2nd person hupo hampo 3rd person m-wa hayupo hawapo other classes negative subject concord + -po
Positive future positive subject concord + -takuwapo/-takuwa Negative future negative subject concord + -takuwapo/-takuwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wepo) Singular Plural 1st person niwepo tuwepo 2nd person uwepo muwepo 3rd person m-wa(I/II) awepo wawepo other classes positive subject concord + -wepo
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siwepo Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekuwapo/-ngekuwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekuwapo/-singekuwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikuwapo/-ngalikuwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikuwapo/-singalikuwa Gnomic see positive present Perfect positive subject concord + -mekuwapo/-mekuwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakuwapo/-meshakuwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jawapo/-jawa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiwapo/-kiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokuwapo/-sipokuwa Consecutive kawapo/kawa / positive subject concord + -kawapo/-kawa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kawepo Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -li- + relative marker + -po) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -liyepo -liopo m-mi(III/IV) -liopo -liyopo ji-ma(V/VI) -lilopo -liyopo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lichopo -livyopo n(IX/X) -liyopo -lizopo u(XI) -liopo see n(X) or ma(VI) class General negative (positive subject concord + -si- + relative marker + -po) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -siyepo -siopo m-mi(III/IV) -siopo -siyopo ji-ma(V/VI) -silopo -siyopo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sichopo -sivyopo n(IX/X) -siyopo -sizopo u(XI) -siopo see n(X) or ma(VI) class Other forms (subject concord + tense marker[sw-conj 1] + relative marker + -kuwapo/-kuwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekuwapo/-yekuwa -okuwapo/-okuwa m-mi(III/IV) -okuwapo/-okuwa -yokuwapo/-yokuwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokuwapo/-lokuwa -yokuwapo/-yokuwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokuwapo/-chokuwa -vyokuwapo/-vyokuwa n(IX/X) -yokuwapo/-yokuwa -zokuwapo/-zokuwa u(XI) -okuwapo/-okuwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka-. For the present, use general positive.
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• mojawapo

See also

• -wamo (“to be inside (of a definite place)”)
• -wako (“to be (at an indefinite place)”)

Etymology 2

wa- + a stem of -wapo

Verb

wapo

1. third-person plural (wa class_(II)) positive degree present of -wapo (“they are (specifically there)”)