-sukua (infinitive kusukua )
Conversive form of -suka : to loosen , untwist
Conjugation of -sukua
Positive present
-na sukua
Subjunctive
-sukue
Negative
-sukui
Imperative singular
sukua
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
husukua
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li sukua
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku sukua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na sukua)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nasukua/na sukua
tu nasukua
2nd person
u nasukua
m nasukua
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nasukua
wa nasukua
other classes
positive subject concord + -na sukua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sukui )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si sukui
hatu sukui
2nd person
hu sukui
ham sukui
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha sukui
hawa sukui
other classes
negative subject concord + -sukui
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta sukua
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta sukua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sukue )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni sukue
tu sukue
2nd person
u sukue
m sukue
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a sukue
wa sukue
other classes
positive subject concord + -sukue
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si sukue
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge sukua
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe sukua
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali sukua
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali sukua
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me sukua
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha sukua
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja sukua
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki sukua
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo sukua
Consecutive
kasukua / positive subject concord + -ka sukua
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka sukue
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Súkúà tí ó ní àbíyá-agúngun mẹ́rin àti ìhà mẹ́rin tí ó dọ́gba.
Borrowed from English square .
súkúà
( geometry ) square (polygon with four equal sides and four right angles )
Hypernyms: onígun-mẹ́rin ( “ rectangle, quadrilateral ” ) , oníhàmẹ́rin ( “ quadrilateral ” ) , orígun-púpọ̀ ( “ polygon ” ) , paraló ( “ parallelogram ” ) , rọ́bọ́ọ̀sì ( “ rhombus ” )
Coordinate terms: kátì ( “ kite ” ) , tirapé ( “ trapezoid, trapezium ” ) , onígun-mẹ́ta ( “ triangle ” ) , onígun-márùn-ún ( “ pentagon ” ) , onígun-mẹ́fà ( “ hexagon ” ) , onígun-méje ( “ heptagon ” ) , onígun-mẹ́jọ ( “ octagon ” ) , onígun-mẹ́sàn-án ( “ nonagon ” ) , onígun-mẹ́wàá ( “ decagon ” ) , sákù ( “ circle ” )
( mathematics ) square (product of a number multiplied by itself)
National Language Centre (1987 ) A Vocabulary of Primary Science and Mathematics in Nine Nigerian Languages , volumes 1 - Fulfilde, Izon and Yoruba, Enugu, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education National Language Centre; Fourth Dimension Publishers, →ISBN , →OCLC , pages 121, 130