From Spanish legua, from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.
legwa
- a league; the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers)
-legwa (infinitive kulegwa)
- Passive form of -lega
Conjugation of -legwa
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Positive present
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-nalegwa
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Subjunctive
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-legwe
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Negative
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-legwi
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Imperative singular
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legwa
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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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hulegwa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord -lilegwa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord -kulegwa
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Positive present (positive subject concord -nalegwa)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninalegwa/nalegwa
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tunalegwa
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2nd person
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unalegwa
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mnalegwa
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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analegwa
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wanalegwa
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other classes
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positive subject concord -nalegwa
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Negative present (negative subject concord -legwi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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silegwi
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hatulegwi
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2nd person
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hulegwi
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hamlegwi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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halegwi
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hawalegwi
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other classes
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negative subject concord -legwi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord -talegwa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord -talegwa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord -legwe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nilegwe
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tulegwe
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2nd person
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ulegwe
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mlegwe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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alegwe
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walegwe
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other classes
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positive subject concord -legwe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord -silegwe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord -ngelegwa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord -singelegwa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord -ngalilegwa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord -singalilegwa
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Perfect
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positive subject concord -melegwa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord -meshalegwa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord -jalegwa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord -kilegwa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord -sipolegwa
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Consecutive
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kalegwa / positive subject concord -kalegwa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord -kalegwe
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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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