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FromProto-Bantu[Term?]. Bysurface analysis,-kama(“to squeeze out, to milk”) +‎-ta.^[1]

-kamata (infinitivekukamata)

Conjugation of-kamata

Infinitives

Positive	kukamata
Negative	kutokamata

Imperatives

Singular	kamata
Plural	kamateni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hukamata
Positive past	positive subject concord + -likamata
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kukamata

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakamata)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninakamata/nakamata	tunakamata
2nd person		unakamata	mnakamata
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anakamata	wanakamata
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nakamata

Negative present (negative subject concord + -kamati)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sikamati	hatukamati
2nd person		hukamati	hamkamati
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hakamati	hawakamati
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -kamati

Positive future	positive subject concord + -takamata
Negative future	negative subject concord + -takamata

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kamate)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nikamate	tukamate
2nd person		ukamate	mkamate
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	akamate	wakamate
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -kamate

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sikamate
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngekamata
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singekamata
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalikamata
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalikamata

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akamata)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nakamata	twakamata
2nd person		wakamata	mwakamata
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	akamata	wakamata
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wakamata	yakamata
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lakamata	yakamata
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chakamata	vyakamata
	n_(IX/X)	yakamata	zakamata
	u_(XI)	wakamata	seen_(X) orma_(VI) class
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwakamata
	pa_(XVI)	pakamata
	mu_(XVIII)	mwakamata

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mekamata
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshakamata
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jakamata
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kikamata
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipokamata
Consecutive	kakamata /positive subject concord + -kakamata
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kakamate

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nikamata	-tukamata
2nd person		-kukamata	-wakamata/-kukamateni/-wakamateni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mkamata	-wakamata
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ukamata	-ikamata
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-likamata	-yakamata
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kikamata	-vikamata
	n_(IX/X)	-ikamata	-zikamata
	u_(XI)	-ukamata	seen_(X) orma_(VI) class
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kukamata
	pa_(XVI)	-pakamata
	mu_(XVIII)	-mukamata
Reflexive		-jikamata

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kamata- +relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-kamataye	-kamatao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-kamatao	-kamatayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-kamatalo	-kamatayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kamatacho	-kamatavyo
n_(IX/X)	-kamatayo	-kamatazo
u_(XI)	-kamatao	seen_(X) orma_(VI) class
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kamatako
pa_(XVI)	-kamatapo
mu_(XVIII)	-kamatamo

Other forms (subject concord +tense marker +relative marker + (object concord) + -kamata)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yekamata	-okamata
m-mi_(III/IV)	-okamata	-yokamata
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lokamata	-yokamata
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chokamata	-vyokamata
n_(IX/X)	-yokamata	-zokamata
u_(XI)	-okamata	seen_(X) orma_(VI) class
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kokamata
pa_(XVI)	-pokamata
mu_(XVIII)	-mokamata

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Verbal derivations:
- Applicative:-kamatia
- Causative:-kamatisha
- Passive:-kamatwa(“to bearrested”)
- Reciprocal:-kamatana
- Stative:-kamatika

^Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2002) “Verbal extensions in Bantu (the case of Swahili and Nyamwezi)”, inAfrica & Asia‎^[1], volume 2,→ISSN, archived fromthe original on2009-12-11, section 3.6, page 16 of 4-26.

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