changa

Spanish

Noun

changa f (plural changas)

  1. small job; odd job
  2. job of a porter
  3. part-time job (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay)

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

-changa (declinable)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)
  2. (of a moon) new

Declension
Inflected forms of -changa
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mchanga
m-mi class(III/IV) mchanga michanga
ji-ma class(V/VI) changa machanga
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kichanga vichanga
n class(IX/X) changa changa
u class(XI) mchanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pachanga
ku class(XVII) kuchanga
mu class(XVIII) muchanga

Derived terms

Verb

-changa (infinitive kuchanga)

  1. to collect, gather

Conjugation
Conjugation of -changa
Positive present -nachanga
Subjunctive -change
Negative -changi
Imperative singular changa
Infinitives
Positive kuchanga
Negative kutochanga
Imperatives
Singular changa
Plural changeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchanga
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichanga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchanga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachanga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachanga/nachanga tunachanga
2nd person unachanga mnachanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachanga wanachanga
other classes positive subject concord + -nachanga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -changi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichangi hatuchangi
2nd person huchangi hamchangi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachangi hawachangi
other classes negative subject concord + -changi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachanga
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachanga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -change)
Singular Plural
1st person nichange tuchange
2nd person uchange mchange
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achange wachange
other classes positive subject concord + -change
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichange
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechanga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechanga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichanga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichanga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achanga)
Singular Plural
1st person nachanga twachanga
2nd person wachanga mwachanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanga wachanga
m-mi(III/IV) wachanga yachanga
ji-ma(V/VI) lachanga yachanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachanga vyachanga
n(IX/X) yachanga zachanga
u(XI) wachanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachanga
pa(XVI) pachanga
mu(XVIII) mwachanga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechanga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachanga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachanga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichanga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochanga
Consecutive kachanga / positive subject concord + -kachanga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachange
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichanga -tuchanga
2nd person -kuchanga -wachanga/-kuchangeni/-wachangeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchanga -wachanga
m-mi(III/IV) -uchanga -ichanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichanga -yachanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichanga -vichanga
n(IX/X) -ichanga -zichanga
u(XI) -uchanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchanga
pa(XVI) -pachanga
mu(XVIII) -muchanga
Reflexive -jichanga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -changa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -changaye -changao
m-mi(III/IV) -changao -changayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -changalo -changayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -changacho -changavyo
n(IX/X) -changayo -changazo
u(XI) -changao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -changako
pa(XVI) -changapo
mu(XVIII) -changamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -changa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechanga -ochanga
m-mi(III/IV) -ochanga -yochanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochanga -yochanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochanga -vyochanga
n(IX/X) -yochanga -zochanga
u(XI) -ochanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochanga
pa(XVI) -pochanga
mu(XVIII) -mochanga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms
  • Verbal derivations:
    • Applicative: -changia (“to contribute”)
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