Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tozan (“gopher”).
tuza f (plural tuzas)
- (Mexico) gopher
- Synonym: taltuza
tuza f (plural tuzas)
- female equivalent of tuzo
-tuza (infinitive kutuza)
- to award
Conjugation of -tuza
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Positive present
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-natuza
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Subjunctive
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-tuze
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Negative
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-tuzi
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Imperative singular
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tuza
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hutuza
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lituza
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutuza
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natuza)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatuza/natuza
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tunatuza
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2nd person
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unatuza
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mnatuza
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatuza
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wanatuza
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natuza
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -tuzi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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situzi
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hatutuzi
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2nd person
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hutuzi
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hamtuzi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatuzi
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hawatuzi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -tuzi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatuza
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatuza
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tuze)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nituze
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tutuze
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2nd person
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utuze
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mtuze
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atuze
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watuze
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tuze
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -situze
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetuza
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetuza
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalituza
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalituza
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metuza
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatuza
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatuza
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kituza
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotuza
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Consecutive
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katuza / positive subject concord + -katuza
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katuze
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
tuza
- eel
- IPA(key): /tuˈza/
- Hyphenation: tu‧za
tuza
- dative singular of tuz