Indonesian
Pronunciation
Verb
mênyéka
- active of seka
Swahili
FWOTD – 5 February 2025
Pronunciation
- (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /mɛˈɲɛ.kɑ/
Verb
-menyeka (infinitive kumenyeka)
- Stative form of -menya: to be peeled, to be stripped (of skin, peel…)
2004, Pius B. Ngeze, Kilimo bora cha muhogo[1], Tanzania Educational Publishers, →ISBN:Hii ni kwa sababu wakati huo maganda yake humenyeka kwa urahisi.- This is because at that moment its peel is easily stripped.
- to toil
2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:Jibu likawa "watumwa" wa kumenyeka kwenye mashamba ya karafuu na minazi Zanzibar pamoja na mashamba ya malighafi ughaibuni […]- The answer was then "slaves" who toiled in the fields of cloves and coconuts in Zanzibar as well as in the fields of raw materials abroad […]
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -menyeka
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| Positive present
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-namenyeka
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| Subjunctive
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-menyeke
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| Negative
|
-menyeki
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| Imperative singular
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menyeka
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
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menyeka
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| Plural
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menyekeni
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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humenyeka
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -limenyeka
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kumenyeka
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -namenyeka)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninamenyeka/namenyeka
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tunamenyeka
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| 2nd person
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unamenyeka
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mnamenyeka
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anamenyeka
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wanamenyeka
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -namenyeka
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -menyeki)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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simenyeki
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hatumenyeki
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| 2nd person
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humenyeki
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hammenyeki
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hamenyeki
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hawamenyeki
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -menyeki
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tamenyeka
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tamenyeka
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -menyeke)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nimenyeke
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tumenyeke
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| 2nd person
|
umenyeke
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mmenyeke
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
|
amenyeke
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wamenyeke
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -menyeke
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -simenyeke
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngemenyeka
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singemenyeka
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalimenyeka
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalimenyeka
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| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -amenyeka)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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namenyeka
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twamenyeka
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| 2nd person
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wamenyeka
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mwamenyeka
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
|
amenyeka
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wamenyeka
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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wamenyeka
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yamenyeka
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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lamenyeka
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yamenyeka
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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chamenyeka
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vyamenyeka
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| n(IX/X)
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yamenyeka
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zamenyeka
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| u(XI)
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wamenyeka
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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kwamenyeka
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| pa(XVI)
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pamenyeka
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| mu(XVIII)
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mwamenyeka
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -memenyeka
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshamenyeka
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jamenyeka
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kimenyeka
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipomenyeka
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| Consecutive
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kamenyeka / positive subject concord + -kamenyeka
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kamenyeke
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| Object concord
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—
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| Relative forms
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| General positive (positive subject concord + -menyeka- + relative marker)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-menyekaye
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-menyekao
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-menyekao
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-menyekayo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-menyekalo
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-menyekayo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-menyekacho
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-menyekavyo
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| n(IX/X)
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-menyekayo
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-menyekazo
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| u(XI)
|
-menyekao
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-menyekako
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| pa(XVI)
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-menyekapo
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| mu(XVIII)
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-menyekamo
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -menyeka)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-yemenyeka
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-omenyeka
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-omenyeka
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-yomenyeka
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-lomenyeka
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-yomenyeka
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-chomenyeka
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-vyomenyeka
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| n(IX/X)
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-yomenyeka
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-zomenyeka
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| u(XI)
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-omenyeka
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-komenyeka
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| pa(XVI)
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-pomenyeka
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| mu(XVIII)
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-momenyeka
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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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