Swahili - English Dictionary (Kamusi ya Kiswahili

-toa¹ verb

1 produce, bring/get/pull out

2 call up/forth, call into play, evoke

3 offer ► Hata hivyo, uwezo wa kiuchumi wa Serikali hauwezeshi kutoa mikopo Consequently, the economic capability of the Government does not enable it to offer loans

-toa rushwa

offer a bribe

akitoa inflected verb, cl. 1 Root -toa¹
1
a if he/she produces
b when he/she produces ► Watoto na vijana wa familia wanakaa nje ya nyumba wakimsikiliza mama akitoa hadithi… The children and the young boys of the family stay outside the house if they hear mother when she produces a story…
2
a if he/she calls up
b when he/she calls up
3
a if he/she offers
b when he/she offers
alitoa inflected verb, cl. 1 Root -toa¹
1 he/she produced, he/she brought out, he/she got out
2 he/she evoked
3 he/she offered
ametoa inflected verb, cl. 1 Root -toa¹
1 he/she produced
2 he/she called up
3 he/she offered
hutoa verb Root -toa¹
always offer, always evoke, always call forth
imetoa inflected verb, cl. 4, cl. 9 Root -toa¹
1 it produced
2 it called up
3 it offered
inatoa inflected verb, cl. 4, cl. 9 Root -toa¹
1 it produces
2 it calls up
3 it offers
kutoa¹ infinitive Root -toa¹
-tolea verb, + applicative Root -toa¹
put out to/for, produce to/for, publish to/for, generate to/for
-tolewa verb, + applicative, + passive Root -toa¹
1 be given
2 be published
utoaji noun 14 Root -toa¹
1 publication
2 distribution, output
3 presentation, offering
walitoa inflected verb, cl. 2 Root -toa¹
1 they produced
2 they called up
3 they offered

Swahili noun class mini-reference:

Class	Subject Concord	Class	Subject Concord
1/2	a-/wa-	7/8	ki-/vi-
1/2	a-/wa-	9/-	i-/-
3/4	u-/i-	9/10	i-/zi-
3/4	u-/i-	10 -/10	-/zi-
5/-	li-/-	9/10	i-/zi-
5/6	li-/ya-	11/10	u-/zi-
6	ya-	11/-	u-
5/6	li-/ya-	11/6	u-/ya-
11/6	u-/ya-	11/10	u-/zi-
14/6	u-/ya-	14	u-
7/8	ki-/vi-	14/6	u-/ya-
-/8	-/vi-

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