From Sanskrit पतन (patana). The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.
patana (plural patanas)
- A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.
1990, P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses, →ISBN, page 19:A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.
-patana (infinitive kupatana)
- Reciprocal form of -pata: to agree, reconcile
Conjugation of -patana
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Positive present
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-napatana
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Subjunctive
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-patane
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Negative
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-patani
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Imperative singular
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patana
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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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hupatana
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lipatana
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kupatana
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -napatana)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninapatana/napatana
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tunapatana
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2nd person
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unapatana
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mnapatana
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anapatana
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wanapatana
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -napatana
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -patani)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sipatani
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hatupatani
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2nd person
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hupatani
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hampatani
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hapatani
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hawapatani
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -patani
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tapatana
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tapatana
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patane)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nipatane
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tupatane
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2nd person
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upatane
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mpatane
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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apatane
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wapatane
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -patane
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sipatane
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngepatana
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singepatana
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalipatana
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalipatana
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mepatana
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshapatana
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -japatana
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kipatana
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipopatana
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Consecutive
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kapatana / positive subject concord + -kapatana
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kapatane
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Object concord
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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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