choka
verb
To become tired; to feel exhausted.
Use -choka for tiredness. Kuchoka is the infinitive; the related adjective -chovu means “tired”.
Forms
- kuchoka
- infinitive
Origins
Choka belongs to Swahili’s non-borrowed vocabulary. Older records pair the verb for becoming tired with the adjective -chovu, “tired”. Its deeper ancestral history remains under review.
Sources3
Haspelmath and Tadmor / Lexibank, World Loanword Database CLDF (2009), wold-master/cldf/forms.csv row 17046.
Choka is treated as part of Swahili’s non-borrowed vocabulary. The related adjective -chovu expresses the tired state; a deeper ancestral link still needs evidence.
Edward Steere, A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar (1884), 259.
To become tired; to feel exhausted. Choka is treated as part of Swahili’s non-borrowed vocabulary. The related adjective -chovu expresses the tired state; a deeper ancestral link still needs evidence.
Open Language Resource Center, University of Kansas, Kiswahili Glossary, Glossary: choka.
To become tired; to feel exhausted.
Examples
Nimechoka leo.
I am tired today.
Umechoka baada ya safari?
Are you tired after the journey?
Amechoka na anataka kulala.
She is tired and wants to sleep.
Tumechoka baada ya kutembea sana.
We are tired after walking a lot.
Watoto wamechoka.
The children are tired.
Nikichoka, nitapumzika.
If I get tired, I will rest.
Sijachoka bado.
I am not tired yet.
Alianza kuchoka jioni.
He began to feel tired in the evening.
Msichoke, tumekaribia kufika.
Do not get tired, we are nearly there.
