A jali
Borrowed from Gujarati જાળી ( jāḷī ) .
jali (plural jalis )
A stone screen , perforated or latticed , usually with a geometrical ornamental pattern , used in Indian and Islamic architecture .
From a Common Slavic *žalь . Compare Romanian jale .
jali f (plural jeljuri )
sadness , grief , distress
jali
tree
1892, H. Livingstone, A short Grammar and Vocabulary of the Dialect spoken by the Minyuġ People, in John Fraser (ed.) An Australian Language
Burre—the top of a tree; with this compare ćulle , ‘the barrel’ or ‘trunk’ of a tree; ... Ćulle is also a general name for a ‘tree.’ It often means ‘logs’ lying down, and ‘firewood’; e.g. , kulga ćulle wébȧragai, ‘cut wood for the fire.’ (please add an English translation of this quotation)
jali
animate masculine plural past active participle of jmout
From Latin illī , nominative masculine plural of ille .
jali m pl (masculine singular jal )
( third-person masculine plural pronoun ) they
Borrowed from Arabic [Term?] .
-jali (infinitive kujali )
to care , to worry , to be concerned
to respect , to honour
Conjugation of -jali
Positive present
-na jali
Subjunctive
-jali
Negative
-jali
Imperative singular
jali
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hujali
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li jali
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku jali
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na jali)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni najali/na jali
tu najali
2nd person
u najali
m najali
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a najali
wa najali
other classes
positive subject concord + -na jali
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jali )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si jali
hatu jali
2nd person
hu jali
ham jali
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha jali
hawa jali
other classes
negative subject concord + -jali
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta jali
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta jali
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jali )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni jali
tu jali
2nd person
u jali
m jali
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a jali
wa jali
other classes
positive subject concord + -jali
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si jali
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge jali
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe jali
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali jali
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali jali
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me jali
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha jali
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja jali
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki jali
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo jali
Consecutive
kajali / positive subject concord + -ka jali
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka jali
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.