Reduplication of -kata (“to cut”).
-katakata (infinitive kukatakata)
- to mince, dice
Conjugation of -katakata
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Positive present
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-nakatakata
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Subjunctive
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-katakate
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Negative
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-katakati
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Imperative singular
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katakata
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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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hukatakata
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -likatakata
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kukatakata
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakatakata)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninakatakata/nakatakata
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tunakatakata
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2nd person
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unakatakata
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mnakatakata
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anakatakata
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wanakatakata
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nakatakata
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -katakati)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sikatakati
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hatukatakati
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2nd person
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hukatakati
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hamkatakati
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hakatakati
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hawakatakati
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -katakati
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -takatakata
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -takatakata
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -katakate)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nikatakate
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tukatakate
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2nd person
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ukatakate
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mkatakate
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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akatakate
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wakatakate
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -katakate
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sikatakate
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngekatakata
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singekatakata
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalikatakata
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalikatakata
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mekatakata
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshakatakata
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jakatakata
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kikatakata
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipokatakata
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Consecutive
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kakatakata / positive subject concord + -kakatakata
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kakatakate
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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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katakatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜃᜆ)
- Alternative form of kata-kata
Onomatopoeic.
katakata
- tractor, bulldozer