# shauri
## English
### Etymology

From Swahili shauri.

### Noun

shauri (plural shauris)
* (dated, Africa) A consultation, usually between a bwana and a local African.
** 1876, Henry Morton Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, volume 2, page 78:Strangers were few before they saw us, and we had shauri after shauri with them.
** 1896, John Walter Gregory, The Great Rift Valley, page 129:The poor guide had been sitting through the shauri open-eyed and open-mouthed, intensely puzzled by the whole performance.
** 30 October 1935, letter by Helga Voigt published in Letters from Helga 1934-1937 (2008) on p. 119:
    Although we have a lot of variety through the local folks, who constantly refresh us with new shauris, they would likely not interest you.
* (Kenya) One's problem; concern.
** Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) (volume 5, page 431)
    Whether these people will be taken on or not is not my shauri.

### Anagrams

* surahi, Irusha, rahuis

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Arabic شَوْر (šawr, “advice, counsel”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

shauri class V (plural mashauri class VI)
* plan
* advice
* consultation
* matter of conversation

### Verb

-shauri (infinitive kushauri)
* to consult, confer

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -shauri :
| Positive present | -nashauri |
| Subjunctive | -shauri |
| Negative | -shauri |
| Imperative singular | shauri |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kushauri |
| Negative | kutoshauri |
Imperatives :
| Singular | shauri |
| Plural | shaurini |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hushauri |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lishauri |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kushauri |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tashauri |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tashauri |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sishauri |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeshauri |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeshauri |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalishauri |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalishauri |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meshauri |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshashauri |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jashauri |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kishauri |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -siposhauri |
| Consecutive | kashauri / positive subject concord + -kashauri |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kashauri |
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

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -shauria
** Passive: -shauriwa
** Reciprocal: -shauriana
** Stative: -shaurika
* Nominal derivations:
** halmashauri (“council”)
** mshauri (“advisor”)
** ushauri (“advice”)

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 171 Nr. 1533