buni
- inflection ofbun:
- definitenominativesingular
- indefinitedative/genitive/ablativesingular
FromMalaybuni, fromClassical Malayبوني(buni), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*buni, fromProto-Austronesian*buNi(“to hide; conceal”).Doublet ofsembunyi.
buni (pluralbuni-buni)
- (rare)concealment
FromMalaybuni, fromClassical Malayبوني(buni), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*buʀnay.Doublet ofbrunai.
buni (pluralbuni-buni)
- awild cherry tree (Antidesma bunius)
- fruit of this tree
buni m
- plural ofbunio
būnī n
- genitivesingular ofbūnion
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*buni, fromProto-Austronesian*buNi(“to hide; conceal”).Doublet ofsembunyi.
buni (Jawi spellingبوني)
- (rare)concealment
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*buʀnay.Doublet ofberunai.
buni (Jawi spellingبوني)
- awild cherry tree (Antidesma bunius)
- fruit of this tree
buni
- nominative/accusativemasculineplural ofbun
Borrowed fromArabicبُنّ(bunn,“coffee plant or seed”).[1]
buni classIX (pluralbuni classX)
- coffee berry
Borrowed fromArabicبُنْيَة(bunya).
-buni (infinitivekubuni)
- toconstruct;invent
Conjugation of-buni |
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Positive present | -nabuni |
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Subjunctive | -buni |
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Negative | -buni |
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Imperative singular | buni |
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Infinitives |
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Imperatives |
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Tensed forms |
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Habitual | hubuni |
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Positive past | positive subject concord + -libuni |
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Negative past | negative subject concord + -kubuni |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabuni) |
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1st person | ninabuni/nabuni | tunabuni |
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2nd person | unabuni | mnabuni |
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3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | anabuni | wanabuni |
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other classes | positive subject concord + -nabuni |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -buni) |
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1st person | sibuni | hatubuni |
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2nd person | hubuni | hambuni |
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3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | habuni | hawabuni |
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other classes | negative subject concord + -buni |
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Positive future | positive subject concord + -tabuni |
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Negative future | negative subject concord + -tabuni |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -buni) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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1st person | nibuni | tubuni |
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2nd person | ubuni | mbuni |
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3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | abuni | wabuni |
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other classes | positive subject concord + -buni |
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Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sibuni |
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Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngebuni |
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Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singebuni |
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Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalibuni |
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Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalibuni |
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Perfect | positive subject concord + -mebuni |
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"Already" | positive subject concord + -meshabuni |
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"Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jabuni |
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"If/When" | positive subject concord + -kibuni |
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"If not" | positive subject concord + -sipobuni |
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Consecutive | kabuni /positive subject concord + -kabuni |
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Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kabuni |
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
- ^Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30)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,page39 Nr. 315
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*buqəni (compareBikol Centralbun-i,Cebuanobun-i, andMasbatenyobun-i).
buni (Baybayin spellingᜊᜓᜈᜒ)
- herpes;pityriasis
- ringworm
buni m pl
- masculineplural ofbon