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)(file)

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
  1. 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

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)”)
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