choka

See also: chōkā

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 長歌, literally "long poem".

Noun

choka (plural choka)

  1. A Japanese poem, a form of waka that consists of 5 to 7 on phrases repeated at least twice, and concludes with a 5-7-7 ending.

Anagrams

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

choka

  1. to cry.

French

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tʃɔ.ka/

Verb

choka

  1. third-person singular past historic of choker

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-choka (infinitive kuchoka)

  1. to tire, become exhausted, wear out

Usage notes

This verb expresses a state of being. To express events in the present, it most commonly uses the -me- perfect tense marker rather than the -na- present tense marker. The -ja- "not yet" tense is used for negative clauses. See Swahili grammar#Inchoative verbs for more information.

Conjugation
Conjugation of -choka
Positive present -nachoka
Subjunctive -choke
Negative -choki
Imperative singular choka
Infinitives
Positive kuchoka
Negative kutochoka
Imperatives
Singular choka
Plural chokeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchoka
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichoka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchoka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachoka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachoka/nachoka tunachoka
2nd person unachoka mnachoka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachoka wanachoka
other classes positive subject concord + -nachoka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -choki)
Singular Plural
1st person sichoki hatuchoki
2nd person huchoki hamchoki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachoki hawachoki
other classes negative subject concord + -choki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachoka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachoka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -choke)
Singular Plural
1st person nichoke tuchoke
2nd person uchoke mchoke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achoke wachoke
other classes positive subject concord + -choke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichoke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechoka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechoka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichoka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichoka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achoka)
Singular Plural
1st person nachoka twachoka
2nd person wachoka mwachoka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achoka wachoka
m-mi(III/IV) wachoka yachoka
ji-ma(V/VI) lachoka yachoka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachoka vyachoka
n(IX/X) yachoka zachoka
u(XI) wachoka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachoka
pa(XVI) pachoka
mu(XVIII) mwachoka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechoka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachoka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachoka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichoka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochoka
Consecutive kachoka / positive subject concord + -kachoka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachoke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichoka -tuchoka
2nd person -kuchoka -wachoka/-kuchokeni/-wachokeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchoka -wachoka
m-mi(III/IV) -uchoka -ichoka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichoka -yachoka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichoka -vichoka
n(IX/X) -ichoka -zichoka
u(XI) -uchoka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchoka
pa(XVI) -pachoka
mu(XVIII) -muchoka
Reflexive -jichoka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -choka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chokaye -chokao
m-mi(III/IV) -chokao -chokayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chokalo -chokayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokacho -chokavyo
n(IX/X) -chokayo -chokazo
u(XI) -chokao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chokako
pa(XVI) -chokapo
mu(XVIII) -chokamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -choka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechoka -ochoka
m-mi(III/IV) -ochoka -yochoka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochoka -yochoka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochoka -vyochoka
n(IX/X) -yochoka -zochoka
u(XI) -ochoka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochoka
pa(XVI) -pochoka
mu(XVIII) -mochoka
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:
    • Causative: -chokesha (“to cause to tire”)
  • Nominal derivations:
    • uchovu (“fatigue, tiredness, exhaustion”)
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