enda

Etymology
From, which is derived from (by reanalysis of the partitive singular as a new stem), compare 🇨🇬. Cognate to 🇨🇬. See also.

Noun

 * 1) self, own, -self

Usage notes
There is no nominative ( is used as one). The singular forms can also be used in the plural.

Verb

 * 1) to end

Etymology
From, from.

Adverb

 * 1) not
 * 2) not
 * 1) not

Etymology 1
Ultimately from. Possibly influenced by or borrowed from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) "which is natural, since ..." the first clause comes as a logical conclusion of the second clause

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to finish, end (bring to an end)
 * 2)  to end (come to an end)

Etymology
Hinde (1904) records “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu kwenda (“to like”) and kuenda (“to want”), listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of 🇨🇬 and, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba , and 🇨🇬 etc. as their equivalents.

Verb
(infinitive or )


 * 1) to like, to love
 * 2) to want

Antonyms

 * kũmena

Derived terms




Verb

 * 1) to go

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to marry, to be married

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) even

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * 1) to end, finish

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to marry, to be married

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to walk, go
 * 2) to go ahead, progress

Usage notes
This verb can be used as an auxiliary verb in the perfect or past, followed by an infinitive or a bare stem, meaning "just at that time" or "just now" (depending on the temporal context).

Conjugation
Standard Swahili conjugation:

In colloquial language, the prefix is often dropped in tensed forms.

Pronoun

 * 1) (the) only (one, person, thing), sole; also in the masculine form ende

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1) one

Etymology 1
From. .

Noun

 * 1) abdomen, belly
 * 2) stomach
 * 3) pregnancy
 * 4) fetus; embryo
 * 1) fetus; embryo
 * 1) fetus; embryo

Derived terms

 * -rumwa enda
 * -ihamu enda
 * -rumwa enda
 * -ihamu enda
 * -rumwa enda
 * -ihamu enda
 * -rumwa enda
 * -ihamu enda

Etymology 2
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) louse

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to be married

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to travel far, to go on a long journey
 * 2)  to marry a man