• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ.ə/

zoa

1. plural of zoon
2. plural of zoön

• AZO, azo, azo-

zoa

1. inflection of zoar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Central Naga *ja.

zoa

1. to hear

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 69

• Hyphenation: zo‧a

zoa

1. inflection of zoar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

zoa f (plural zoas)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) clipping of zoação

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-zoa (infinitive kuzoa)

1. to gather up, sweep up, pick up

Conjugation of -zoa
Positive present -nazoa Subjunctive -zoe Negative -zoi Imperative singular zoa
Infinitives
Positive kuzoa Negative kutozoa
Imperatives
Singular zoa Plural zoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzoa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazoa/nazoa tunazoa 2nd person unazoa mnazoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazoa wanazoa other classes positive subject concord + -nazoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zoi) Singular Plural 1st person sizoi hatuzoi 2nd person huzoi hamzoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazoi hawazoi other classes negative subject concord + -zoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazoa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zoe) Singular Plural 1st person nizoe tuzoe 2nd person uzoe mzoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoe wazoe other classes positive subject concord + -zoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azoa) Singular Plural 1st person nazoa twazoa 2nd person wazoa mwazoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoa wazoa m-mi(III/IV) wazoa yazoa ji-ma(V/VI) lazoa yazoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazoa vyazoa n(IX/X) yazoa zazoa u(XI) wazoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazoa pa(XVI) pazoa mu(XVIII) mwazoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizoa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozoa Consecutive kazoa / positive subject concord + -kazoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizoa -tuzoa 2nd person -kuzoa -wazoa/-kuzoeni/-wazoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzoa -wazoa m-mi(III/IV) -uzoa -izoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizoa -yazoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizoa -vizoa n(IX/X) -izoa -zizoa u(XI) -uzoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzoa pa(XVI) -pazoa mu(XVIII) -muzoa Reflexive -jizoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zoa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zoaye -zoao m-mi(III/IV) -zoao -zoayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zoalo -zoayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zoacho -zoavyo n(IX/X) -zoayo -zoazo u(XI) -zoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zoako pa(XVI) -zoapo mu(XVIII) -zoamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zoa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezoa -ozoa m-mi(III/IV) -ozoa -yozoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozoa -yozoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozoa -vyozoa n(IX/X) -yozoa -zozoa u(XI) -ozoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozoa pa(XVI) -pozoa mu(XVIII) -mozoa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -zolea
  • Passive: -zolewa
  • Stative: -zoleka

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