chemsha

Swahili

Etymology

-chemka (“to boil”) +‎ -ya (causative)

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chemsha (infinitive kuchemsha)

1. Causative form of -chemka: to boil a liquid
2. to heat up a liquid

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chemsha
Positive present -nachemsha Subjunctive -chemshe Negative -chemshi Imperative singular chemsha
Infinitives
Positive kuchemsha Negative kutochemsha
Imperatives
Singular chemsha Plural chemsheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchemsha Positive past positive subject concord + -lichemsha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchemsha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachemsha) Singular Plural 1st person ninachemsha/nachemsha tunachemsha 2nd person unachemsha mnachemsha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachemsha wanachemsha other classes positive subject concord + -nachemsha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chemshi) Singular Plural 1st person sichemshi hatuchemshi 2nd person huchemshi hamchemshi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachemshi hawachemshi other classes negative subject concord + -chemshi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachemsha Negative future negative subject concord + -tachemsha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chemshe) Singular Plural 1st person nichemshe tuchemshe 2nd person uchemshe mchemshe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achemshe wachemshe other classes positive subject concord + -chemshe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichemshe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechemsha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechemsha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichemsha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichemsha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achemsha) Singular Plural 1st person nachemsha twachemsha 2nd person wachemsha mwachemsha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achemsha wachemsha m-mi(III/IV) wachemsha yachemsha ji-ma(V/VI) lachemsha yachemsha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachemsha vyachemsha n(IX/X) yachemsha zachemsha u(XI) wachemsha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachemsha pa(XVI) pachemsha mu(XVIII) mwachemsha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechemsha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachemsha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachemsha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichemsha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochemsha Consecutive kachemsha / positive subject concord + -kachemsha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachemshe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichemsha -tuchemsha 2nd person -kuchemsha -wachemsha/-kuchemsheni/-wachemsheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchemsha -wachemsha m-mi(III/IV) -uchemsha -ichemsha ji-ma(V/VI) -lichemsha -yachemsha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichemsha -vichemsha n(IX/X) -ichemsha -zichemsha u(XI) -uchemsha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchemsha pa(XVI) -pachemsha mu(XVIII) -muchemsha Reflexive -jichemsha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chemsha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chemshaye -chemshao m-mi(III/IV) -chemshao -chemshayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chemshalo -chemshayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chemshacho -chemshavyo n(IX/X) -chemshayo -chemshazo u(XI) -chemshao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chemshako pa(XVI) -chemshapo mu(XVIII) -chemshamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chemsha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechemsha -ochemsha m-mi(III/IV) -ochemsha -yochemsha ji-ma(V/VI) -lochemsha -yochemsha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochemsha -vyochemsha n(IX/X) -yochemsha -zochemsha u(XI) -ochemsha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochemsha pa(XVI) -pochemsha mu(XVIII) -mochemsha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -chemshwa (“to be boiled”)