tumaini

== Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa). === Pronunciation === === Verb === -tumaini (infinitive kutumaini) to hope (to want something to happen) to believe, expect ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Causative: -tumainisha (“give hope to”) Passive: -tumainiwa (“be expected to”) === Noun === tumaini class V (plural matumaini class VI) belief, expectation (often in the plural) hope === References ===