tumia

tumia

Finnish

Noun

tumia

1. Partitive plural form of tuma.

Anagrams

• muita, mutia, tuima

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Swahili

Etymology

Applicative form of -tuma.

Verb

-tumia (infinitive kutumia)

1. to use
2. (of a person) to employ
3. (of money) to spend

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tumia
Non-finite forms
Form					Positive							Negative
Infinitive					kutumia							kutotumia
Simple finite forms
Positive form					Singular							Plural
Imperative					tumia							tumieni
Habitual					hutumia
Complex finite forms
Polarity	Persons				Persons / Classes		Classes
	1st		2nd		3rd / M-wa		M-mi		Ma		Ki-vi		N		U	Ku	Pa	Mu
	Sg.	Pl.	Sg.	Pl.	Sg. / 1	Pl. / 2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11 / 14	15 / 17	16	18
Past Positive nilitumia nalitumia tulitumia twalitumia ulitumia walitumia mlitumia mwalitumia alitumia walitumia ulitumia ilitumia lilitumia yalitumia kilitumia vilitumia ilitumia zilitumia ulitumia kulitumia palitumia mulitumia Relative niliotumia naliotumia tuliotumia twaliotumia uliotumia waliotumia mliotumia mwaliotumia aliotumia waliotumia uliotumia iliotumia liliotumia yaliotumia kiliotumia viliotumia iliotumia ziliotumia uliotumia kuliotumia paliotumia muliotumia Negative sikutumia hatukutumia hukutumia hamkutumia hakutumia hawakutumia haukutumia haikutumia halikutumia hayakutumia hakikutumia havikutumia haikutumia hazikutumia haukutumia hakukutumia hapakutumia hamukutumia
Present Positive ninatumia natumia tunatumia unatumia mnatumia anatumia wanatumia unatumia inatumia linatumia yanatumia kinatumia vinatumia inatumia zinatumia unatumia kunatumia panatumia munatumia Relative ninaotumia naotumia tunaotumia unaotumia mnaotumia anaotumia wanaotumia unaotumia inaotumia linaotumia yanaotumia kinaotumia vinaotumia inaotumia zinaotumia unaotumia kunaotumia panaotumia munaotumia Negative situmii hatutumii hutumii hamtumii hatumii hawatumii hautumii haitumii halitumii hayatumii hakitumii havitumii haitumii hazitumii hautumii hakutumii hapatumii hamutumii
Future Positive nitatumia tutatumia utatumia mtatumia atatumia watatumia utatumia itatumia litatumia yatatumia kitatumia vitatumia itatumia zitatumia utatumia kutatumia patatumia mutatumia Relative nitakaotumia tutakaotumia utakaotumia mtakaotumia atakaotumia watakaotumia utakaotumia itakaotumia litakaotumia yatakaotumia kitakaotumia vitakaotumia itakaotumia zitakaotumia utakaotumia kutakaotumia patakaotumia mutakaotumia Negative sitatumia hatutatumia hutatumia hamtatumia hatatumia hawatatumia hautatumia haitatumia halitatumia hayatatumia hakitatumia havitatumia haitatumia hazitatumia hautatumia hakutatumia hapatatumia hamutatumia
Subjunctive Positive nitumie tutumie utumie mtumie atumie watumie utumie itumie litumie yatumie kitumie vitumie itumie zitumie utumie kutumie patumie mutumie Negative nisitumie tusitumie usitumie msitumie asitumie wasitumie usitumie isitumie lisitumie yasitumie kisitumie visitumie isitumie zisitumie usitumie kusitumie pasitumie musitumie
Present Conditional Positive ningetumia tungetumia ungetumia mngetumia angetumia wangetumia ungetumia ingetumia lingetumia yangetumia kingetumia vingetumia ingetumia zingetumia ungetumia kungetumia pangetumia mungetumia Negative nisingetumia singetumia tusingetumia hatungetumia usingetumia hungetumia msingetumia hamngetumia asingetumia hangetumia wasingetumia hawangetumia usingetumia haungetumia isingetumia haingetumia lisingetumia halingetumia yasingetumia hayangetumia kisingetumia hakingetumia visingetumia havingetumia isingetumia haingetumia zisingetumia hazingetumia usingetumia haungetumia kusingetumia hakungetumia pasingetumia hapangetumia musingetumia hamungetumia
Past Conditional Positive ningalitumia tungalitumia ungalitumia mngalitumia angalitumia wangalitumia ungalitumia ingalitumia lingalitumia yangalitumia kingalitumia vingalitumia ingalitumia zingalitumia ungalitumia kungalitumia pangalitumia mungalitumia Negative nisingalitumia singalitumia tusingalitumia hatungalitumia usingalitumia hungalitumia msingalitumia hamngalitumia asingalitumia hangalitumia wasingalitumia hawangalitumia usingalitumia haungalitumia isingalitumia haingalitumia lisingalitumia halingalitumia yasingalitumia hayangalitumia kisingalitumia hakingalitumia visingalitumia havingalitumia isingalitumia haingalitumia zisingalitumia hazingalitumia usingalitumia haungalitumia kusingalitumia hakungalitumia pasingalitumia hapangalitumia musingalitumia hamungalitumia
Conditional Contrary to Fact Positive ningelitumia tungelitumia ungelitumia mngelitumia angelitumia wangelitumia ungelitumia ingelitumia lingelitumia yangelitumia kingelitumia vingelitumia ingelitumia zingelitumia ungelitumia kungelitumia pangelitumia mungelitumia
General Relative Positive nitumiao tutumiao utumiao mtumiao atumiao watumiao utumiao itumiao litumiao yatumiao kitumiao vitumiao itumiao zitumiao utumiao kutumiao patumiao mutumiao Negative nisiotumia tusiotumia usiotumia msiotumia asiotumia wasiotumia usiotumia isiotumia lisiotumia yasiotumia kisiotumia visiotumia isiotumia zisiotumia usiotumia kusiotumia pasiotumia musiotumia
Gnomic Positive natumia twatumia watumia mwatumia atumia watumia watumia yatumia latumia yatumia chatumia vyatumia yatumia zatumia watumia kwatumia patumia mwatumia
Perfect Positive nimetumia tumetumia umetumia mmetumia ametumia wametumia umetumia imetumia limetumia yametumia kimetumia vimetumia imetumia zimetumia umetumia kumetumia pametumia mumetumia
"Already" Positive nimeshatumia tumeshatumia umeshatumia mmeshatumia ameshatumia wameshatumia umeshatumia imeshatumia limeshatumia yameshatumia kimeshatumia vimeshatumia imeshatumia zimeshatumia umeshatumia kumeshatumia pameshatumia mumeshatumia
"Not yet" Negative sijatumia hatujatumia hujatumia hamjatumia hajatumia hawajatumia haujatumia haijatumia halijatumia hayajatumia hakijatumia havijatumia haijatumia hazijatumia haujatumia hakujatumia hapajatumia hamujatumia
"If/When" Positive nikitumia tukitumia ukitumia mkitumia akitumia wakitumia ukitumia ikitumia likitumia yakitumia kikitumia vikitumia ikitumia zikitumia ukitumia kukitumia pakitumia mukitumia
"If not" Negative nisipotumia tusipotumia usipotumia msipotumia asipotumia wasipotumia usipotumia isipotumia lisipotumia yasipotumia kisipotumia visipotumia isipotumia zisipotumia usipotumia kusipotumia pasipotumia musipotumia
Consecutive Positive nikatumia tukatumia ukatumia mkatumia akatumia wakatumia ukatumia ikatumia likatumia yakatumia kikatumia vikatumia ikatumia zikatumia ukatumia kukatumia pakatumia mukatumia
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -tumiwa (“be used”)
  • Stative: -tumika (“be used”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtumi (“employee”)
  • mtumiaji (“user”)