jali
- tree
- 1892, H. Livingstone, A short Grammar and Vocabulary of the Dialect spoken by the Minyuġ People, in John Fraser (ed.) An Australian Language
Burre—the top of a tree; with this compare ćulle, ‘the barrel’ or ‘trunk’ of a tree; ... Ćulle is also a general name for a ‘tree.’ It often means ‘logs’ lying down, and ‘firewood’; e.g., kulga ćulle wébȧragai, ‘cut wood for the fire.’- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
From Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille.
jali m pl (masculine singular jal)
- (third-person masculine plural pronoun) they
Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
-jali (infinitive kujali)
- to care, to worry, to be concerned
- to respect, to honour
Conjugation of -jali
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Positive present
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-najali
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Subjunctive
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-jali
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Negative
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-jali
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Imperative singular
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jali
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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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hujali
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lijali
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kujali
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -najali)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninajali/najali
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tunajali
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2nd person
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unajali
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mnajali
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anajali
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wanajali
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -najali
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -jali)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sijali
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hatujali
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2nd person
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hujali
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hamjali
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hajali
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hawajali
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -jali
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tajali
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tajali
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jali)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nijali
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tujali
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2nd person
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ujali
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mjali
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ajali
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wajali
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -jali
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sijali
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngejali
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singejali
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalijali
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalijali
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mejali
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshajali
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jajali
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kijali
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipojali
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Consecutive
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kajali / positive subject concord + -kajali
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kajali
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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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