weka

English

Etymology

Maori weka

Noun

weka (plural wekas)

  1. The Lord Howe woodhen or woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand.

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-weka (infinitive kuweka)

  1. to put
  2. to establish
  3. to keep
  4. to delay

Conjugation
Conjugation of -weka
Positive present -naweka
Subjunctive -weke
Negative -weki
Imperative singular weka
Infinitives
Positive kuweka
Negative kutoweka
Imperatives
Singular weka
Plural wekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huweka
Positive past positive subject concord + -liweka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuweka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naweka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaweka/naweka tunaweka
2nd person unaweka mnaweka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaweka wanaweka
other classes positive subject concord + -naweka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -weki)
Singular Plural
1st person siweki hatuweki
2nd person huweki hamuweki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haweki hawaweki
other classes negative subject concord + -weki
Positive future positive subject concord + -taweka
Negative future negative subject concord + -taweka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -weke)
Singular Plural
1st person niweke tuweke
2nd person uweke muweke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aweke waweke
other classes positive subject concord + -weke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siweke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeweka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeweka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliweka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliweka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aweka)
Singular Plural
1st person naweka twaweka
2nd person waweka mwaweka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aweka waweka
m-mi(III/IV) waweka yaweka
ji-ma(V/VI) laweka yaweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaweka vyaweka
n(IX/X) yaweka zaweka
u(XI) waweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaweka
pa(XVI) paweka
mu(XVIII) mwaweka
Perfect positive subject concord + -meweka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaweka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaweka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiweka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoweka
Consecutive kaweka / positive subject concord + -kaweka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaweke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niweka -tuweka
2nd person -kuweka -waweka/-kuwekeni/-wawekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muweka -waweka
m-mi(III/IV) -uweka -iweka
ji-ma(V/VI) -liweka -yaweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiweka -viweka
n(IX/X) -iweka -ziweka
u(XI) -uweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuweka
pa(XVI) -paweka
mu(XVIII) -muweka
Reflexive -jiweka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -weka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -wekaye -wekao
m-mi(III/IV) -wekao -wekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -wekalo -wekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -wekacho -wekavyo
n(IX/X) -wekayo -wekazo
u(XI) -wekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -wekako
pa(XVI) -wekapo
mu(XVIII) -wekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -weka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeweka -oweka
m-mi(III/IV) -oweka -yoweka
ji-ma(V/VI) -loweka -yoweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choweka -vyoweka
n(IX/X) -yoweka -zoweka
u(XI) -oweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koweka
pa(XVI) -poweka
mu(XVIII) -moweka
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:

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *weka (“to defecate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [weka]

Verb

weka

  1. (intransitive) to poop, to defecate

Derived terms

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “weka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
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