funua

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “A converse of -funika or a related word?”)

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

-funua (infinitive kufunua)

  1. to discover, uncover

Conjugation

Conjugation of -funua
Positive present -nafunua
Subjunctive -funue
Negative -funui
Imperative singular funua
Infinitives
Positive kufunua
Negative kutofunua
Imperatives
Singular funua
Plural funueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufunua
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifunua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufunua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafunua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafunua/nafunua tunafunua
2nd person unafunua mnafunua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafunua wanafunua
other classes positive subject concord + -nafunua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -funui)
Singular Plural
1st person sifunui hatufunui
2nd person hufunui hamfunui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafunui hawafunui
other classes negative subject concord + -funui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafunua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafunua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -funue)
Singular Plural
1st person nifunue tufunue
2nd person ufunue mfunue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afunue wafunue
other classes positive subject concord + -funue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifunue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefunua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefunua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifunua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifunua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afunua)
Singular Plural
1st person nafunua twafunua
2nd person wafunua mwafunua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afunua wafunua
m-mi(III/IV) wafunua yafunua
ji-ma(V/VI) lafunua yafunua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafunua vyafunua
n(IX/X) yafunua zafunua
u(XI) wafunua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafunua
pa(XVI) pafunua
mu(XVIII) mwafunua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefunua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafunua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafunua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifunua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofunua
Consecutive kafunua / positive subject concord + -kafunua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafunue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifunua -tufunua
2nd person -kufunua -wafunua/-kufunueni/-wafunueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfunua -wafunua
m-mi(III/IV) -ufunua -ifunua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifunua -yafunua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifunua -vifunua
n(IX/X) -ifunua -zifunua
u(XI) -ufunua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufunua
pa(XVI) -pafunua
mu(XVIII) -mufunua
Reflexive -jifunua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -funua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -funuaye -funuao
m-mi(III/IV) -funuao -funuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -funualo -funuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -funuacho -funuavyo
n(IX/X) -funuayo -funuazo
u(XI) -funuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -funuako
pa(XVI) -funuapo
mu(XVIII) -funuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -funua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefunua -ofunua
m-mi(III/IV) -ofunua -yofunua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofunua -yofunua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofunua -vyofunua
n(IX/X) -yofunua -zofunua
u(XI) -ofunua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofunua
pa(XVI) -pofunua
mu(XVIII) -mofunua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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