legwa

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish legua, from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: leg‧wa

Noun

legwa

  1. a league; the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers)

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-legwa (infinitive kulegwa)

  1. Passive form of -lega

Conjugation
Conjugation of -legwa
Positive present -nalegwa
Subjunctive -legwe
Negative -legwi
Imperative singular legwa
Infinitives
Positive kulegwa
Negative kutolegwa
Imperatives
Singular legwa
Plural legweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulegwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lilegwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kulegwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalegwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninalegwa/nalegwa tunalegwa
2nd person unalegwa mnalegwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analegwa wanalegwa
other classes positive subject concord + -nalegwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -legwi)
Singular Plural
1st person silegwi hatulegwi
2nd person hulegwi hamlegwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) halegwi hawalegwi
other classes negative subject concord + -legwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talegwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -talegwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -legwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nilegwe tulegwe
2nd person ulegwe mlegwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alegwe walegwe
other classes positive subject concord + -legwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silegwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelegwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelegwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilegwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilegwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alegwa)
Singular Plural
1st person nalegwa twalegwa
2nd person walegwa mwalegwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alegwa walegwa
m-mi(III/IV) walegwa yalegwa
ji-ma(V/VI) lalegwa yalegwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalegwa vyalegwa
n(IX/X) yalegwa zalegwa
u(XI) walegwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwalegwa
pa(XVI) palegwa
mu(XVIII) mwalegwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -melegwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshalegwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalegwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kilegwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipolegwa
Consecutive kalegwa / positive subject concord + -kalegwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalegwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nilegwa -tulegwa
2nd person -kulegwa -walegwa/-kulegweni/-walegweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlegwa -walegwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ulegwa -ilegwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilegwa -yalegwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilegwa -vilegwa
n(IX/X) -ilegwa -zilegwa
u(XI) -ulegwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kulegwa
pa(XVI) -palegwa
mu(XVIII) -mulegwa
Reflexive -jilegwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -legwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -legwaye -legwao
m-mi(III/IV) -legwao -legwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -legwalo -legwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -legwacho -legwavyo
n(IX/X) -legwayo -legwazo
u(XI) -legwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -legwako
pa(XVI) -legwapo
mu(XVIII) -legwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -legwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yelegwa -olegwa
m-mi(III/IV) -olegwa -yolegwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lolegwa -yolegwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholegwa -vyolegwa
n(IX/X) -yolegwa -zolegwa
u(XI) -olegwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kolegwa
pa(XVI) -polegwa
mu(XVIII) -molegwa
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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