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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
uza
- one
- Synonym: adang
Borrowed from French user, Latin usare.
a uza (third-person singular present uzează, past participle uzat) 1st conjugation
- to use, utilize, make use of
- Synonyms: folosi, utiliza
- to wear out, wear away
uza (Cyrillic spelling уза)
- alternative form of uz
Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].
-uza (infinitive kuuza)
- to sell
| Conjugation of -uza
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| Positive present
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-nauza
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| Subjunctive
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-uze
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| Negative
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-uzi
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| Imperative singular
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uza
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
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uza
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| Plural
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uzeni
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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huuza
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liuza
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuuza
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nauza)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninauza/nauza
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tunauza
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| 2nd person
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unauza
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mnauza
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anauza
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wanauza
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nauza
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -uzi)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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siuzi
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hatuuzi
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| 2nd person
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huuzi
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hamuuzi
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hauzi
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hawauzi
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -uzi
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tauza
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tauza
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -uze)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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niuze
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tuuze
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| 2nd person
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uuze
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muuze
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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auze
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wauze
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -uze
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siuze
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeuza
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeuza
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliuza
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliuza
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meuza
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshauza
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jauza
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiuza
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipouza
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| Consecutive
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kauza / positive subject concord + -kauza
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kauze
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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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From Proto-Edekiri *ʊ̀-cà, ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *ʊ̀-cà.
ùzà
- (Ào) alternative form of ùṣà (“a type of clay pot”)