# kimu
## Basque
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kimu/, [ki.mu]

### Noun

kimu inan or anim
* sprout (of a plant)
* (figurative) a young child

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kimu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “kimu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *timu, from Proto-Oceanic *timuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki.mu/, [ˈti.mu]

### Noun

kimu
* precipitation
* Samoan rain

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kimu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Japanese
### Romanization

kimu
* Rōmaji transcription of キム

## Swahili
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma).

#### Verb

-kimu (infinitive kukimu)
* to prepare for prayer

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -kimu :
| Positive present | -nakimu |
| Subjunctive | -kimu |
| Negative | -kimu |
| Imperative singular | kimu |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kukimu |
| Negative | kutokimu |
Imperatives :
| Singular | kimu |
| Plural | kimuni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hukimu |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -likimu |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kukimu |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -takimu |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takimu |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sikimu |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngekimu |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singekimu |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalikimu |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalikimu |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mekimu |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshakimu |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jakimu |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kikimu |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipokimu |
| Consecutive | kakimu / positive subject concord + -kakimu |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kakimu |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

#### Verb

-kimu (infinitive kukimu)
* to provide basic needs

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -kimu :
| Positive present | -nakimu |
| Subjunctive | -kimu |
| Negative | -kimu |
| Imperative singular | kimu |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kukimu |
| Negative | kutokimu |
Imperatives :
| Singular | kimu |
| Plural | kimuni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hukimu |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -likimu |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kukimu |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -takimu |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takimu |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sikimu |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngekimu |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singekimu |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalikimu |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalikimu |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mekimu |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshakimu |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jakimu |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kikimu |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipokimu |
| Consecutive | kakimu / positive subject concord + -kakimu |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kakimu |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

##### Derived terms

* sayansi kimu