lawiti

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَاوَطَ (lāwaṭa, “to sodomize”) from لُوطِيّ (lūṭiyy).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-lawiti (infinitive kulawiti)

1. to sodomize, to have anal sex with

   Synonym: -fira

Conjugation

Conjugation of -lawiti
Positive present -nalawiti Subjunctive -lawiti Negative -lawiti Imperative singular lawiti
Infinitives
Positive kulawiti Negative kutolawiti
Imperatives
Singular lawiti Plural lawitini
Tensed forms
Habitual hulawiti Positive past positive subject concord + -lilawiti Negative past negative subject concord + -kulawiti
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalawiti) Singular Plural 1st person ninalawiti/nalawiti tunalawiti 2nd person unalawiti mnalawiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analawiti wanalawiti other classes positive subject concord + -nalawiti
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lawiti) Singular Plural 1st person silawiti hatulawiti 2nd person hulawiti hamlawiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halawiti hawalawiti other classes negative subject concord + -lawiti
Positive future positive subject concord + -talawiti Negative future negative subject concord + -talawiti
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lawiti) Singular Plural 1st person nilawiti tulawiti 2nd person ulawiti mlawiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alawiti walawiti other classes positive subject concord + -lawiti
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silawiti Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelawiti Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelawiti Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilawiti Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilawiti
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alawiti) Singular Plural 1st person nalawiti twalawiti 2nd person walawiti mwalawiti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alawiti walawiti m-mi(III/IV) walawiti yalawiti ji-ma(V/VI) lalawiti yalawiti ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalawiti vyalawiti n(IX/X) yalawiti zalawiti u(XI) walawiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalawiti pa(XVI) palawiti mu(XVIII) mwalawiti
Perfect positive subject concord + -melawiti "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalawiti "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalawiti "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilawiti "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolawiti Consecutive kalawiti / positive subject concord + -kalawiti Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalawiti
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilawiti -tulawiti 2nd person -kulawiti -walawiti/-kulawitini/-walawitini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlawiti -walawiti m-mi(III/IV) -ulawiti -ilawiti ji-ma(V/VI) -lilawiti -yalawiti ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilawiti -vilawiti n(IX/X) -ilawiti -zilawiti u(XI) -ulawiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulawiti pa(XVI) -palawiti mu(XVIII) -mulawiti Reflexive -jilawiti
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lawiti- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lawitiye -lawitio m-mi(III/IV) -lawitio -lawitiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -lawitilo -lawitiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lawiticho -lawitivyo n(IX/X) -lawitiyo -lawitizo u(XI) -lawitio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lawitiko pa(XVI) -lawitipo mu(XVIII) -lawitimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lawiti) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelawiti -olawiti m-mi(III/IV) -olawiti -yolawiti ji-ma(V/VI) -lolawiti -yolawiti ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholawiti -vyolawiti n(IX/X) -yolawiti -zolawiti u(XI) -olawiti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolawiti pa(XVI) -polawiti mu(XVIII) -molawiti
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mlawiti (“sodomist”)
  • ulawiti (“sodomy”)