From Latin paeāna, alternative accusative form of paeān, from Ancient Greek παιάν (paián).
- IPA(key): /peˈa.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: pe‧à‧na
peana m (invariable)
- paean, specifically:
- (Ancient Greece, historical) hymn to Apollo
1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad][1], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book I, page 27:[…] E così tutto ¶ Cantando il dì, la gioventude argiva, ¶ E un allegro peàna alto intonando, ¶ Laudi a Febo dicean- And so the Argive youth, all day long singing and raising a happy paean, praised Phoebus
- (by extension) hymn or song of victory or praise
- (prosody) Alternative form of peone
-peana (infinitive kupeana)
- Reciprocal form of -pa: to give oneself
Conjugation of -peana
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Positive present
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-napeana
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Subjunctive
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-peane
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Negative
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-peani
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Imperative singular
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peana
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hupeana
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lipeana
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kupeana
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -napeana)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninapeana/napeana
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tunapeana
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2nd person
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unapeana
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mnapeana
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anapeana
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wanapeana
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -napeana
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -peani)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sipeani
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hatupeani
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2nd person
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hupeani
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hampeani
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hapeani
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hawapeani
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -peani
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tapeana
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tapeana
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -peane)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nipeane
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tupeane
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2nd person
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upeane
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mpeane
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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apeane
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wapeane
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -peane
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sipeane
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngepeana
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singepeana
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalipeana
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalipeana
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mepeana
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshapeana
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -japeana
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kipeana
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipopeana
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Consecutive
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kapeana / positive subject concord + -kapeana
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kapeane
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Object concord
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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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