stahiki

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-stahiki (infinitive kustahiki)

  1. to deserve, to be worthy

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -stahiki
Positive present -nastahiki
Subjunctive -stahiki
Negative -stahiki
Imperative singular stahiki
Infinitives
Positive kustahiki
Negative kutostahiki
Imperatives
Singular stahiki
Plural stahikini
Tensed forms
Habitual hustahiki
Positive past positive subject concord + -listahiki
Negative past negative subject concord + -kustahiki
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nastahiki)
Singular Plural
1st person ninastahiki/nastahiki tunastahiki
2nd person unastahiki mnastahiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anastahiki wanastahiki
other classes positive subject concord + -nastahiki
Negative present (negative subject concord + -stahiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sistahiki hatustahiki
2nd person hustahiki hamstahiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hastahiki hawastahiki
other classes negative subject concord + -stahiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tastahiki
Negative future negative subject concord + -tastahiki
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -stahiki)
Singular Plural
1st person nistahiki tustahiki
2nd person ustahiki mstahiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) astahiki wastahiki
other classes positive subject concord + -stahiki
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sistahiki
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngestahiki
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singestahiki
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalistahiki
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalistahiki
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -astahiki)
Singular Plural
1st person nastahiki twastahiki
2nd person wastahiki mwastahiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) astahiki wastahiki
m-mi(III/IV) wastahiki yastahiki
ji-ma(V/VI) lastahiki yastahiki
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chastahiki vyastahiki
n(IX/X) yastahiki zastahiki
u(XI) wastahiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwastahiki
pa(XVI) pastahiki
mu(XVIII) mwastahiki
Perfect positive subject concord + -mestahiki
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshastahiki
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jastahiki
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kistahiki
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipostahiki
Consecutive kastahiki / positive subject concord + -kastahiki
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kastahiki
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nistahiki -tustahiki
2nd person -kustahiki -wastahiki/-kustahikini/-wastahikini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mstahiki -wastahiki
m-mi(III/IV) -ustahiki -istahiki
ji-ma(V/VI) -listahiki -yastahiki
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kistahiki -vistahiki
n(IX/X) -istahiki -zistahiki
u(XI) -ustahiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kustahiki
pa(XVI) -pastahiki
mu(XVIII) -mustahiki
Reflexive -jistahiki
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -stahiki- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -stahikiye -stahikio
m-mi(III/IV) -stahikio -stahikiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -stahikilo -stahikiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -stahikicho -stahikivyo
n(IX/X) -stahikiyo -stahikizo
u(XI) -stahikio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -stahikiko
pa(XVI) -stahikipo
mu(XVIII) -stahikimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -stahiki)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yestahiki -ostahiki
m-mi(III/IV) -ostahiki -yostahiki
ji-ma(V/VI) -lostahiki -yostahiki
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chostahiki -vyostahiki
n(IX/X) -yostahiki -zostahiki
u(XI) -ostahiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kostahiki
pa(XVI) -postahiki
mu(XVIII) -mostahiki
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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