From Sanskrit पतन ( patana ) . The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.
patana (plural patanas )
A type of open , hilly grassland , especially in Sri Lanka , often formed after the clearing of jungle .
1990 , P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses , →ISBN , page 19 :A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.
“patena ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“patana, n. ”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press , launched 2000.
-patana (infinitive kupatana )
Reciprocal form of -pata : to agree , reconcile
Conjugation of -patana
Positive present
-na patana
Subjunctive
-patane
Negative
-patani
Imperative singular
patana
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hupatana
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li patana
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku patana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na patana)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni napatana/na patana
tu napatana
2nd person
u napatana
m napatana
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a napatana
wa napatana
other classes
positive subject concord + -na patana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -patani )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si patani
hatu patani
2nd person
hu patani
ham patani
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha patani
hawa patani
other classes
negative subject concord + -patani
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta patana
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta patana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patane )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni patane
tu patane
2nd person
u patane
m patane
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a patane
wa patane
other classes
positive subject concord + -patane
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si patane
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge patana
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe patana
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali patana
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali patana
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me patana
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha patana
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja patana
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki patana
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo patana
Consecutive
kapatana / positive subject concord + -ka patana
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka patane
Object concord
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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.