kuza

See also: kuža and küzä

English

Noun

kuza (plural kuzas)

  1. Alternative form of cooja

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-kuza (infinitive kukuza)

  1. Causative form of -kua: to enlarge, to inflate
  2. to glorify, to praise
  3. to develop

Conjugation
Conjugation of -kuza
Positive present -nakuza
Subjunctive -kuze
Negative -kuzi
Imperative singular kuza
Infinitives
Positive kukuza
Negative kutokuza
Imperatives
Singular kuza
Plural kuzeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukuza
Positive past positive subject concord + -likuza
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukuza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakuza)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakuza/nakuza tunakuza
2nd person unakuza mnakuza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakuza wanakuza
other classes positive subject concord + -nakuza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kuzi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikuzi hatukuzi
2nd person hukuzi hamkuzi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakuzi hawakuzi
other classes negative subject concord + -kuzi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takuza
Negative future negative subject concord + -takuza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kuze)
Singular Plural
1st person nikuze tukuze
2nd person ukuze mkuze
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akuze wakuze
other classes positive subject concord + -kuze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikuze
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekuza
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekuza
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikuza
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikuza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akuza)
Singular Plural
1st person nakuza twakuza
2nd person wakuza mwakuza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akuza wakuza
m-mi(III/IV) wakuza yakuza
ji-ma(V/VI) lakuza yakuza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakuza vyakuza
n(IX/X) yakuza zakuza
u(XI) wakuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakuza
pa(XVI) pakuza
mu(XVIII) mwakuza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekuza
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakuza
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakuza
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikuza
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokuza
Consecutive kakuza / positive subject concord + -kakuza
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakuze
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikuza -tukuza
2nd person -kukuza -wakuza/-kukuzeni/-wakuzeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkuza -wakuza
m-mi(III/IV) -ukuza -ikuza
ji-ma(V/VI) -likuza -yakuza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikuza -vikuza
n(IX/X) -ikuza -zikuza
u(XI) -ukuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukuza
pa(XVI) -pakuza
mu(XVIII) -mukuza
Reflexive -jikuza
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kuza- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kuzaye -kuzao
m-mi(III/IV) -kuzao -kuzayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kuzalo -kuzayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kuzacho -kuzavyo
n(IX/X) -kuzayo -kuzazo
u(XI) -kuzao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzako
pa(XVI) -kuzapo
mu(XVIII) -kuzamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kuza)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekuza -okuza
m-mi(III/IV) -okuza -yokuza
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokuza -yokuza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokuza -vyokuza
n(IX/X) -yokuza -zokuza
u(XI) -okuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokuza
pa(XVI) -pokuza
mu(XVIII) -mokuza
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:

Votic

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkuzɑ/, [ˈkuzɑ]
  • Rhymes: -uzɑ
  • Hyphenation: ku‧za

Adverb

kuza

  1. (interrogative, static) where (in, at)?
  2. (relative, static) where

References
  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kuza”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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