starehe

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa).

Pronunciation
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Noun

starehe (n class, plural starehe)

  1. comfort, repose

Verb

-starehe (infinitive kustarehe)

  1. to rest, to be comfortable

Conjugation
Conjugation of -starehe
Positive present -nastarehe
Subjunctive -starehe
Negative -starehe
Imperative singular starehe
Infinitives
Positive kustarehe
Negative kutostarehe
Imperatives
Singular starehe
Plural stareheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hustarehe
Positive past positive subject concord + -listarehe
Negative past negative subject concord + -kustarehe
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nastarehe)
Singular Plural
1st person ninastarehe/nastarehe tunastarehe
2nd person unastarehe mnastarehe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anastarehe wanastarehe
other classes positive subject concord + -nastarehe
Negative present (negative subject concord + -starehe)
Singular Plural
1st person sistarehe hatustarehe
2nd person hustarehe hamstarehe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hastarehe hawastarehe
other classes negative subject concord + -starehe
Positive future positive subject concord + -tastarehe
Negative future negative subject concord + -tastarehe
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -starehe)
Singular Plural
1st person nistarehe tustarehe
2nd person ustarehe mstarehe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) astarehe wastarehe
other classes positive subject concord + -starehe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sistarehe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngestarehe
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singestarehe
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalistarehe
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalistarehe
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -astarehe)
Singular Plural
1st person nastarehe twastarehe
2nd person wastarehe mwastarehe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) astarehe wastarehe
m-mi(III/IV) wastarehe yastarehe
ji-ma(V/VI) lastarehe yastarehe
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chastarehe vyastarehe
n(IX/X) yastarehe zastarehe
u(XI) wastarehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwastarehe
pa(XVI) pastarehe
mu(XVIII) mwastarehe
Perfect positive subject concord + -mestarehe
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshastarehe
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jastarehe
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kistarehe
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipostarehe
Consecutive kastarehe / positive subject concord + -kastarehe
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kastarehe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nistarehe -tustarehe
2nd person -kustarehe -wastarehe/-kustareheni/-wastareheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mstarehe -wastarehe
m-mi(III/IV) -ustarehe -istarehe
ji-ma(V/VI) -listarehe -yastarehe
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kistarehe -vistarehe
n(IX/X) -istarehe -zistarehe
u(XI) -ustarehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kustarehe
pa(XVI) -pastarehe
mu(XVIII) -mustarehe
Reflexive -jistarehe
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -starehe- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -stareheye -stareheo
m-mi(III/IV) -stareheo -stareheyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -starehelo -stareheyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -starehecho -starehevyo
n(IX/X) -stareheyo -starehezo
u(XI) -stareheo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -stareheko
pa(XVI) -starehepo
mu(XVIII) -starehemo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -starehe)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yestarehe -ostarehe
m-mi(III/IV) -ostarehe -yostarehe
ji-ma(V/VI) -lostarehe -yostarehe
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chostarehe -vyostarehe
n(IX/X) -yostarehe -zostarehe
u(XI) -ostarehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kostarehe
pa(XVI) -postarehe
mu(XVIII) -mostarehe
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

References
  • 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 127 No. 1137
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