choka

Borrowed from Japanese 長歌, literally "long poem".

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.

• choak

choka

1. to cry.

• (Canoa): chuca
• (Calpan, Cholula and Milpa Alta): choca

choka

1. to cry.

IPA^(key): /tʃɔ.ka/

choka

1. third-person singular past historic of choker

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-choka (infinitive kuchoka)

1. (stative) to be tired, to be weary

   nimechoka ― I am tired

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.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -chosha (“to tire”), -chokesha

• Nominal derivations:
  • uchovu (“fatigue, tiredness, exhaustion”)