Gasa
Etymology
From the root gas.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -asa
Orthographic Form
gasa
Verb
gasa (perfect infinitive gassaha, causative infinitives gassu / gassuvu, passive infinitives gasas / gassasa)
- to be loose
- (with causative) to free, to set free, to loose
Inflection
| Conjugation of gasa | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Causative | Passive | ||||
| Imperfect | Perfect | Imperfect | Perfect | Imperfect | Perfect | |
| 1st Singular | gasii | gassii | gassuuyi | gassuyi | gasaasii | gassasii |
| 2nd Singular | gasaash | gassasha | gassuush | gassushu | gasaasash | gassasash |
| 3rd Singular | gasaaha | gassaha | gassuuha | gassuha | gasaas'ha1 | gassas'ha1 |
| 1st Plural | gasiim | gassimi | gassuum | gassumu | gasaasim | gassasim |
| 2nd/3rd Plural | gasaak | gassaka | gassuuk | gassuku | gasaasak | gassasak |
| Rel. Singular | gasaabit | gassabit | gassuubit | gassubit | gasaasabit | gassasbit |
| Rel. Plural | gasaabet | gassabet | gassuubet | gassubet | gasaasabet | gassasbet |
| Infinitive | gasa | gassaha | gassu | gassuvu | gasas | gassasa |
| Imperative | gasa | gassu | gasas | |||
| 1The apostrophe is not pronounced. It is only used as a divider to reduce ambiguity. | ||||||
Verb
gasa
- class vi third-person subject class x third-person object present positive direct transitive of shon