zabuni

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Noun

zabuni (n class, plural zabuni)

1. bid, tender

Derived terms

• mzabuni (“bidder, tenderer”)

Verb

-zabuni (infinitive kuzabuni)

1. to bid, tender

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zabuni
Positive present -nazabuni Subjunctive -zabuni Negative -zabuni Imperative singular zabuni
Infinitives
Positive kuzabuni Negative kutozabuni
Imperatives
Singular zabuni Plural zabunini
Tensed forms
Habitual huzabuni Positive past positive subject concord + -lizabuni Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzabuni
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazabuni) Singular Plural 1st person ninazabuni/nazabuni tunazabuni 2nd person unazabuni mnazabuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazabuni wanazabuni other classes positive subject concord + -nazabuni
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zabuni) Singular Plural 1st person sizabuni hatuzabuni 2nd person huzabuni hamzabuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazabuni hawazabuni other classes negative subject concord + -zabuni
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazabuni Negative future negative subject concord + -tazabuni
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zabuni) Singular Plural 1st person nizabuni tuzabuni 2nd person uzabuni mzabuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azabuni wazabuni other classes positive subject concord + -zabuni
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizabuni Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezabuni Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezabuni Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizabuni Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizabuni
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azabuni) Singular Plural 1st person nazabuni twazabuni 2nd person wazabuni mwazabuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azabuni wazabuni m-mi(III/IV) wazabuni yazabuni ji-ma(V/VI) lazabuni yazabuni ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazabuni vyazabuni n(IX/X) yazabuni zazabuni u(XI) wazabuni see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazabuni pa(XVI) pazabuni mu(XVIII) mwazabuni
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezabuni "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazabuni "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazabuni "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizabuni "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozabuni Consecutive kazabuni / positive subject concord + -kazabuni Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazabuni
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizabuni -tuzabuni 2nd person -kuzabuni -wazabuni/-kuzabunini/-wazabunini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzabuni -wazabuni m-mi(III/IV) -uzabuni -izabuni ji-ma(V/VI) -lizabuni -yazabuni ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizabuni -vizabuni n(IX/X) -izabuni -zizabuni u(XI) -uzabuni see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzabuni pa(XVI) -pazabuni mu(XVIII) -muzabuni Reflexive -jizabuni
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zabuni- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zabuniye -zabunio m-mi(III/IV) -zabunio -zabuniyo ji-ma(V/VI) -zabunilo -zabuniyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zabunicho -zabunivyo n(IX/X) -zabuniyo -zabunizo u(XI) -zabunio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zabuniko pa(XVI) -zabunipo mu(XVIII) -zabunimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zabuni) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezabuni -ozabuni m-mi(III/IV) -ozabuni -yozabuni ji-ma(V/VI) -lozabuni -yozabuni ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozabuni -vyozabuni n(IX/X) -yozabuni -zozabuni u(XI) -ozabuni see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozabuni pa(XVI) -pozabuni mu(XVIII) -mozabuni
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.