ondoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ondoa (infinitive kuondoa)

1. to abolish, eliminate, remove

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ondoa
Positive present -naondoa Subjunctive -ondoe Negative -ondoi Imperative singular ondoa
Infinitives
Positive kuondoa Negative kutoondoa
Imperatives
Singular ondoa Plural ondoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huondoa Positive past positive subject concord + -liondoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuondoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naondoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaondoa/naondoa tunaondoa 2nd person unaondoa mnaondoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaondoa wanaondoa other classes positive subject concord + -naondoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ondoi) Singular Plural 1st person siondoi hatuondoi 2nd person huondoi hamwondoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haondoi hawaondoi other classes negative subject concord + -ondoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taondoa Negative future negative subject concord + -taondoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ondoe) Singular Plural 1st person niondoe tuondoe 2nd person uondoe mwondoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aondoe waondoe other classes positive subject concord + -ondoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siondoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeondoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeondoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliondoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliondoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aondoa) Singular Plural 1st person naondoa twaondoa 2nd person waondoa mwaondoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aondoa waondoa m-mi(III/IV) waondoa yaondoa ji-ma(V/VI) laondoa yaondoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaondoa vyaondoa n(IX/X) yaondoa zaondoa u(XI) waondoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaondoa pa(XVI) paondoa mu(XVIII) mwaondoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meondoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaondoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaondoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiondoa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoondoa Consecutive kaondoa / positive subject concord + -kaondoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaondoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niondoa -tuondoa 2nd person -kuondoa -waondoa/-kuondoeni/-waondoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwondoa -waondoa m-mi(III/IV) -uondoa -iondoa ji-ma(V/VI) -liondoa -yaondoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiondoa -viondoa n(IX/X) -iondoa -ziondoa u(XI) -uondoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuondoa pa(XVI) -paondoa mu(XVIII) -muondoa Reflexive -jiondoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ondoa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ondoaye -ondoao m-mi(III/IV) -ondoao -ondoayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ondoalo -ondoayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ondoacho -ondoavyo n(IX/X) -ondoayo -ondoazo u(XI) -ondoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ondoako pa(XVI) -ondoapo mu(XVIII) -ondoamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ondoa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeondoa -oondoa m-mi(III/IV) -oondoa -yoondoa ji-ma(V/VI) -loondoa -yoondoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choondoa -vyoondoa n(IX/X) -yoondoa -zoondoa u(XI) -oondoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koondoa pa(XVI) -poondoa mu(XVIII) -moondoa
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:
  • Applicative: -ondolea
  • Causative: -ondoza, -ondosha
  • Passive: -ondolewa
  • Reciprocal: -ondoana
  • Stative: -ondoleka