enga
- to live, to stay, to dwell
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “enga”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah
From Proto-Central Naga *a-hŋaj. Cognate to Chungli Ao anga.
enga
- to listen
Inflection of enga
| Formation
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Tense
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Imperative
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| Present
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Past
|
Future
|
| Simple
|
engala
|
engacho
|
engav
|
enga
|
| Causative
|
engatokala
|
engatokcho
|
engatokvü
|
engatoka
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| Perfect
|
engathaka
|
engathakcho
|
engathakvü
|
—
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| Abilitative
|
engakhoka
|
engakhokcho
|
engakhokvü
|
—
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- Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 69
-enga (infinitive kuenga)
- to slice up
- to watch
18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[2], translation from R. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 15:اَوُ اِغَ فُمْبِ لَمُوَاغَزَ ، وَقَتِ وَيُوَ لِكِتُپُوْزَ- Au enga vumbi la-muangaza, waqati wa-yua likitupuza;
- Or when the sun shines, see the mote in its ray
| Conjugation of -enga
|
| Positive present
|
-naenga
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| Subjunctive
|
-enge
|
| Negative
|
-engi
|
| Imperative singular
|
enga
|
|
| Infinitives
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|
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| Imperatives
|
|
|
| Tensed forms
|
| Habitual
|
huenga
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lienga
|
| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuenga
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naenga)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninaenga/naenga
|
tunaenga
|
| 2nd person
|
unaenga
|
mnaenga
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anaenga
|
wanaenga
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -naenga
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -engi)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
siengi
|
hatuengi
|
| 2nd person
|
huengi
|
hamwengi
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
haengi
|
hawaengi
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -engi
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -taenga
|
| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -taenga
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -enge)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nienge
|
tuenge
|
| 2nd person
|
uenge
|
mwenge
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
aenge
|
waenge
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -enge
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sienge
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngeenga
|
| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singeenga
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalienga
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalienga
|
|
|
|
| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -meenga
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshaenga
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jaenga
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kienga
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipoenga
|
| Consecutive
|
kaenga / positive subject concord + -kaenga
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kaenge
|
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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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