Borrowed from Arabic عَبَدَ (ʕabada).[1]
- (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɑˈɓu.ɗu/
-abudu (infinitive kuabudu)
- to worship; fear; pray
| Conjugation of -abudu
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| Positive present
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-naabudu
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| Subjunctive
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-abudu
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| Negative
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-abudu
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| Imperative singular
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abudu
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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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huabudu
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liabudu
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuabudu
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naabudu)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninaabudu/naabudu
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tunaabudu
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| 2nd person
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unaabudu
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mnaabudu
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaabudu
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wanaabudu
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -naabudu
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -abudu)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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siabudu
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hatuabudu
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| 2nd person
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huabudu
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hamwabudu
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haabudu
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hawaabudu
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -abudu
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taabudu
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taabudu
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -abudu)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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niabudu
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tuabudu
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| 2nd person
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uabudu
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mwabudu
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aabudu
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waabudu
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -abudu
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siabudu
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeabudu
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeabudu
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliabudu
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliabudu
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meabudu
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaabudu
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaabudu
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiabudu
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoabudu
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| Consecutive
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kaabudu / positive subject concord + -kaabudu
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaabudu
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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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- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198 Nr. 1769
- abudu in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press