anza f (plural anzen)
- (Sette Comuni) small snake
De snaidaren is khènt gahékhet bónnara anzen.- The seamstress was bitten by a small snake.
Declension of anza – 6th declension
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singular
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plural
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indef.
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def.
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noun
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def.
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noun
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nominative
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an
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de
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anza
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de
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anzen
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accusative
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an
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de
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anza
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de
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anzen
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dative
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anara
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dar
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anzen
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in
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anzen
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- “anza” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
anza
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌶𐌰
From anz (“answer”) and -a (“turns nouns into verbs”).. Literally meaning "to answer".
anza
- Obsolete spelling of ansa.
-anza (infinitive kwanza)
- to begin
The phrasing -a kwanza usually means "first", literally "of the beginning".
Conjugation of -anza
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Positive present
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-nakwanza
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Subjunctive
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-anze
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Negative
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-anzi
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Imperative singular
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kuanza
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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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huanza
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -likwanza
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuanza
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakwanza)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninakwanza/nakwanza
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tunakwanza
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2nd person
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unakwanza
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mnakwanza
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anakwanza
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wanakwanza
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nakwanza
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -anzi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sianzi
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hatuanzi
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2nd person
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huanzi
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hamwanzi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haanzi
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hawaanzi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -anzi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -takwanza
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -takwanza
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -anze)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nianze
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tuanze
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2nd person
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uanze
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mwanze
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aanze
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waanze
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -anze
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sianze
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngekwanza
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singekwanza
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalikwanza
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalikwanza
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mekwanza
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshakwanza
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaanza
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kianza
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipokwanza
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Consecutive
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kaanza / positive subject concord + -kaanza
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaanze
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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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