apia

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.a/, [ˈäpiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.a/, [ˈäːpiä]

From Piedmontese apia (“axe”), cognate with French hache, Picard happe, ultimately from Frankish *happjā (“axe, hatchet”). Attested in the laws of Asti, Piedmont.

apia f (genitive apiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) A kind of weapon, forbidden during gladiatorial contests.

First-declension noun.

• piola
• gisarma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

apia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of apium

• apia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

apia

1. no

• au

apia

1. not

-apia (infinitive kuapia)

1. Applicative form of -apa

Conjugation of -apia
Positive present -naapia Subjunctive -apie Negative -apii Imperative singular apia
Infinitives
Positive kuapia Negative kutoapia
Imperatives
Singular apia Plural apieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huapia Positive past positive subject concord + -liapia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuapia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naapia) Singular Plural 1st person ninaapia/naapia tunaapia 2nd person unaapia mnaapia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaapia wanaapia other classes positive subject concord + -naapia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -apii) Singular Plural 1st person siapii hatuapii 2nd person huapii hamwapii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haapii hawaapii other classes negative subject concord + -apii
Positive future positive subject concord + -taapia Negative future negative subject concord + -taapia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -apie) Singular Plural 1st person niapie tuapie 2nd person uapie mwapie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aapie waapie other classes positive subject concord + -apie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siapie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeapia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeapia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliapia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliapia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aapia) Singular Plural 1st person naapia twaapia 2nd person waapia mwaapia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aapia waapia m-mi(III/IV) waapia yaapia ji-ma(V/VI) laapia yaapia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaapia vyaapia n(IX/X) yaapia zaapia u(XI) waapia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaapia pa(XVI) paapia mu(XVIII) mwaapia
Perfect positive subject concord + -meapia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaapia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaapia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiapia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoapia Consecutive kaapia / positive subject concord + -kaapia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaapie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niapia -tuapia 2nd person -kuapia -waapia/-kuapieni/-waapieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwapia -waapia m-mi(III/IV) -uapia -iapia ji-ma(V/VI) -liapia -yaapia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiapia -viapia n(IX/X) -iapia -ziapia u(XI) -uapia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuapia pa(XVI) -paapia mu(XVIII) -muapia Reflexive -jiapia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -apia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -apiaye -apiao m-mi(III/IV) -apiao -apiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -apialo -apiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -apiacho -apiavyo n(IX/X) -apiayo -apiazo u(XI) -apiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -apiako pa(XVI) -apiapo mu(XVIII) -apiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -apia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeapia -oapia m-mi(III/IV) -oapia -yoapia ji-ma(V/VI) -loapia -yoapia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choapia -vyoapia n(IX/X) -yoapia -zoapia u(XI) -oapia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koapia pa(XVI) -poapia mu(XVIII) -moapia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -apiza

apia

1. roe (eggs of fish)