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fa

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Translingual

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fa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Persian.

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Noun

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fa (plural fas)

  1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing the Arrival of an Irish Gentleman, with very extraordinary Adventures which ensued at the Inn”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume IV, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book X, pages 11–12:
      And now Mrs. Waters (for we muſt confeſs ſhe was in the ſame Bed) being, I ſuppoſe, awakened from her Sleep, and ſeeing two Men fighting in her Bed-chamber, began to ſcream in the moſt violent Manner, crying out Murder! Robbery! and more frequently Rape! which laſt, ſome, perhaps, may wonder ſhe ſhould mention, who do not conſider that theſe Words of Exclamation are uſed by Ladies in a Fright, as Fa, la, la, ra, da, &c. are in Muſic, only as the Vehicles of Sound, and without any fixed Ideas.
Derived terms
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sol-fa

Translations
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musical notes
other terms with "fa", etymologically unrelated

Etymology 2

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Preposition

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fa

  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of for
    • 2000, Requiem for a Dream, spoken by Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto):
      Do ya wanna be a dope fiend fa krist’s sake?

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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fa m (plural fas)

  1. (music) fa (fourth note of diatonic scale)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fer

Preposition

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fa

  1. ago
    fa molts anys...
    many years ago...

Interjection

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fa

  1. (dialectal) a particle used in some dialects to emphasize a negative sentence
    Fa que no es veu!
    it’s obvious!
    (literally, “it does that it's not seen!”)

Chichewa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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-fa (infinitive kufá)

  1. to die

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Czech

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Noun

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fa

  1. Abbreviation of firma.

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin fa.

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fa m (plural fa's, diminutive faatje n)

  1. (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
  2. (music) F (the musical clef or key)

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French

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Noun

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fa m (plural fa)

  1. (music) fa, the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'

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Galician

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Noun

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fa m (plural fas)

  1. (music) fa (musical note)
  2. (music) F (the musical note or key)

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Gothic

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Romanization

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fa

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰

Hadza

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Verb

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fa

  1. to drink

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *puwe. Cognates include Finnish puu.[1][2]

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Noun

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fa (countable and uncountable, plural fák)

  1. tree (large woody plant)
    Meronyms: rügy, hajtás, vessző, gally, ág, törzs, gyökér, levél, lomb, korona, termés, gyümölcs
  2. wood (substance beneath the bark of the trunk or branches of a tree)
  3. (graph theory) tree (connected graph with no cycles)
  4. (computing theory) tree (recursive data structure)
  5. (attributive) wooden (made of wood)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fa fák
accusative fát fákat
dative fának fáknak
instrumental fával fákkal
causal-final fáért fákért
translative fává fákká
terminative fáig fákig
essive-formal faként fákként
essive-modal — —
inessive fában fákban
superessive fán fákon
adessive fánál fáknál
illative fába fákba
sublative fára fákra
allative fához fákhoz
elative fából fákból
delative fáról fákról
ablative fától fáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		fáé fáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		fáéi fákéi
Possessive forms of fa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fám fáim
2nd person sing. fád fáid
3rd person sing. fája fái
1st person plural fánk fáink
2nd person plural fátok fáitok
3rd person plural fájuk fáik

Derived terms

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Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end―tree species
Compound words with this term at the end―other
Expressions

References

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  1. ^ Entry #829 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ fa in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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  • (tree, wood): fa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (“fa”, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale; alternative form of fá): fa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • fa in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Particle

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fa (triggers h-prothesis)

  1. Obsolete form of ba (“was”) (past affirmative and relative of is).
    • 2014 [1628–1634], Geoffrey Keating, edited by Beatrix Färber, David Comyn, Patrick S. Dinneen, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn‎[1], CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts:
      gurab Alba fá hainm don chrích sin
      that that country’s name was Scotland
    • 1939 [c. 13th century], “Bean ós mhnáibh cáich Cailleach Dé”, in Lambert McKenna, editor, Aithdioghluim Dána‎[2], Dublin:
      Is leomhan Ó mBriun an bhean / siur ga seoladh [ar] a son, / síol na n-ealta fa díon damh, / síol glan nach ba creachta ar gcrodh.
      A lion-hero of the Í Bhriuin is this lady, a sister that guides them by her words; noble the offspring of that flock, my guardians (ensuring) that all I own be safe from harrying.
      (literally, “(…) the seed of the flock which was protection to me, noble seed (…)”)
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Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
Present/future
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter.
Main clauses is ní an nach
Direct relative clauses nach
Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv
Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach
Past/conditional
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter.
Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv
Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv
Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
Present subjunctive
Affirmative Negative
gura, gurabv nára, nárabv
    Compound copular forms
Base word Present/future Past/conditional
cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv
cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv
dá dá mba, dá mb’v
de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv
faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv
i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv
le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv
má más má ba, má b’v
mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv
ó (prep.) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv
ó (conj.) ós ó ba, ó b’v
trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds

Etymology 2

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Preposition

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fa (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. Obsolete form of faoi (“under”).
  2. Obsolete form of um (“about, concerning”).
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In the meaning about it was followed by a noun in accusative.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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  • fa', fai (imperative form only)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfa/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: fà
  • Unlike for the musical note below, this word always triggers syntactic gemination. Hence for example fa freddo (“it's cold”, literally “it makes cold”) is pronounced /ˈfa‿fˈfreddo/.

Verb

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fa

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

Adverb

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fa

  1. ago
    Synonym: prima

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfa/°
  • IPA(key): (traditional) /ˈfa/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: fà
  • Unlike for the verb form and derived adverb, this word (and other terms for musical notes) do not trigger syntactic gemination in modern usage, although they did traditionally. Hence fa sol la (“fa sol la”) is now pronounced /ˈfa ˈsɔl ˈla/, but traditionally /ˈfa‿sˈsɔl ˈla/.

Noun

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fa m (invariable)

  2. (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
  3. F (musical note or key)

Japanese

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Romanization

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fa

  1. The katakana syllable ファ (fa) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Kabyle

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Verb

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fa (intensive aorist yettfay, aorist ifa, preterite ifa, negative preterite ifa)

  1. to yawn

Lala (South Africa)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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-fá

  1. to die

Latvian

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Noun

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fa m (invariable)

  1. (music) fa, the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'.

Luganda

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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fa

  1. to die

Mandarin

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Romanization

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fa (fa5／fa0, Zhuyin ˙ㄈㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠲎

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fa

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fá.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fà.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Noun

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fa m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. reason, cause

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fa a va
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.

Noun

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fa (plural fas)

  1. Alternative form of fo

Etymology 2

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From Old English fā, variant of fāh.

Adjective

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fa

  1. Alternative form of fo

Neapolitan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fà

Niuean

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Niuean cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : fa

Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

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fa

  1. four

Norman

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fa m (plural fas)

  1. (Jersey) suit (clothing)

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Northern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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-fá

  1. to die

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin famuli, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

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fa m (definite singular fa-en, indefinite plural fa-ar, definite plural fa-ane)

  2. (music) fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.

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Old English

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Adjective

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fā

  1. Alternative form of fāh

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include Old English fōn, Old Saxon fāhan and Old Dutch fān.

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Verb

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fā

  1. (transitive) to catch

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  • Saterland Frisian: fange
  • West Frisian: fange

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Apparently a derivative of some form of the copula is that is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

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Conjunction

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fa (triggers lenition)

  1. (in indirect interrogative clauses) or

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fa.

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

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fā

  1. to seize, take
  2. to get, receive

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fā (strong)
present past
infinitive fā —
participle fāndi, -e fangin (sup. fāt)
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk fār, fǣr fā-, -i, -e — fik, fæk fingi, finge
þū fār, fǣr fā-, -i, -e fā fikt fingi, finge
han fār, fǣr fā-, -i, -e — fik, fæk fingi, finge
vīr fām, -um, -om fām, -um, -om fām, -um, -om fingum, fingom fingum, fingom
īr fān, -in fān, -in fān, -in fingin fingin
þēr fā fān, -in — fingu, fingo fingin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk — — — — —
þū — — — — —
han — — — — —
vīr — — — — —
īr — — — — —
þēr — — — — —

Descendants

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Phuthi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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-fá

  1. to die

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Scots

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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fa

  1. Doric Scots form of wha (“who”)
    Fa's this quine, en?
    Who's this girl, then?

Shona

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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-fá (infinitive kufá)

  1. to die

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Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

Verb

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fa

  1. to give

South Marquesan

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South Marquesan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : fa

Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

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fa

  1. four

Southern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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-fá

  1. to die

Inflection

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfa/ [ˈfa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: fa

Noun

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fa m (plural fa)

  1. fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)

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Interjection

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fa

  1. (Argentina) ew, phew (expression of disgust)
    Synonyms: puaj, guácala

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology 1

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

Adverb

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fa

  1. how
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Conjunction

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fa

  1. as soon as

Etymology 2

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Short for a phrase such as fa fu yu? or fa a e go?

Interjection

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fa?

  1. hi; how are you?; how's it going?

Swahili

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

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Verb

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-fa (infinitive kufa)

  1. to die
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa
  2. to stop, come to an end

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fa
Positive present -nakufa
Subjunctive -fe
Negative -fi
Imperative singular kufa
Infinitives
Positive kufa
Negative kutokufa
Imperatives
Singular kufa
Plural kufeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufa
Positive past positive subject concord -likufa
Negative past negative subject concord -kufa
Positive present (positive subject concord -nakufa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakufa/nakufa tunakufa
2nd person unakufa mnakufa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakufa wanakufa
other classes positive subject concord -nakufa
Negative present (negative subject concord -fi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifi hatufi
2nd person hufi hamfi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafi hawafi
other classes negative subject concord -fi
Positive future positive subject concord -takufa
Negative future negative subject concord -takufa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord -fe)
Singular Plural
1st person nife tufe
2nd person ufe mfe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afe wafe
other classes positive subject concord -fe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord -sife
Positive present conditional positive subject concord -ngekufa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord -singekufa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord -ngalikufa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord -singalikufa
Gnomic (positive subject concord -afa)
Singular Plural
1st person nafa twafa
2nd person wafa mwafa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afa wafa
m-mi(III/IV) wafa yafa
ji-ma(V/VI) lafa yafa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafa vyafa
n(IX/X) yafa zafa
u(XI) wafa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafa
pa(XVI) pafa
mu(XVIII) mwafa
Perfect positive subject concord -mekufa
"Already" positive subject concord -meshakufa
"Not yet" negative subject concord -jafa
"If/When" positive subject concord -kifa
"If not" positive subject concord -sipokufa
Consecutive kafa / positive subject concord -kafa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord -kafe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifa -tufa
2nd person -kufa -wafa/-kufeni/-wafeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfa -wafa
m-mi(III/IV) -ufa -ifa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifa -yafa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifa -vifa
n(IX/X) -ifa -zifa
u(XI) -ufa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufa
pa(XVI) -pafa
mu(XVIII) -mufa
Reflexive -jifa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord (object concord) -fa- relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -faye -fao
m-mi(III/IV) -fao -fayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -falo -fayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -facho -favyo
n(IX/X) -fayo -fazo
u(XI) -fao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fako
pa(XVI) -fapo
mu(XVIII) -famo
Other forms (subject concord tense marker relative marker (object concord) -kufa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekufa -okufa
m-mi(III/IV) -okufa -yokufa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokufa -yokufa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokufa -vyokufa
n(IX/X) -yokufa -zokufa
u(XI) -okufa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokufa
pa(XVI) -pokufa
mu(XVIII) -mokufa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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  • -fu (“dead”)
  • kifo (“death”)
  • mfu (“dead person”)
  • ufu (“death”)

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  • -ua (“kill”)

Swazi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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-fá

  1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection

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Tarifit

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰ)

  1. (intransitive) to yawn

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Tsonga

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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fa

  1. to die

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Italian fa

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Noun

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fa (definite accusative fayı, plural falar)

  2. (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
  3. F (musical note or key)

Tuvaluan

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Tuvaluan cardinal numbers
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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

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fa

  1. four

Venda

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

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fa

  1. to die

Venetan

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Noun

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fa m (invariable)

  1. (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
  2. F (musical note or key)

Adverb

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fa

  1. as, like

Volapük

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Preposition

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fa

  1. by (indicating an agent)

West Makian

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Conjunction

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fa

  1. or
    win edeng fa iunge ― two days or three

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics

Wuvulu-Aua

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

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fa

  1. four

Xhosa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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-fá

  1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fà

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to pull
    mo fa aṣọ ― I pulled the clothes
  2. (transitive) to suck
  3. (intransitive) to subside, to reduce
    eéwó t'ó wú ti fà ― The boil that was swollen has reduced
  4. to draw, to sketch
    ó fa ìlà sórí ìwé ― He drew a line on the piece of paper
  5. to become sluggish
    ọ̀lẹ́ fà tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ ― The lazy person was sluggish at work
  6. to be elastic, to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw
    Synonym: yọ̀
    ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá fà ― This ewedu soup is mucilaginous
  7. (intransitive) to crawl
    bí ìgbín fà, ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e ― When the snail crawls its shell shall follow it
  8. (transitive) to cause, to bring about
    ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkún ― Too much suffering is the cause of weeping
  9. (transitive) to long for
    ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ fà mí ― I longed for those children
Usage notes
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  • fa before a direct object
Synonyms
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Yoruba Varieties and Languages - fà (“to pull, cause”)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÀoÌdóànífà
Eastern ÀkókóÌkàrẹ́ Àkókófà
ÌdànrèÌdànrèfà
Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdefà
Ìkòròdúfà
Ṣágámùfà
Ẹ̀pẹ́fà
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupafà
ÌlàjẹMahinfà
OǹdóOǹdófà
Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀fà
UsẹnUsẹnfà
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹfà (to pull), lẹ̀ghẹ̀ (to cause, deceive)
OlùkùmiUgbódùfà
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìfà
Àkúrẹ́fà
Ọ̀tùn Èkìtìfà
Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀fà
ÌgbómìnàÌlá Ọ̀ràngúnfà
Ìfẹ́lódùn LGAfà
Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGAfà
Ìsin LGAfà
Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàfà
Western ÀkókóỌ̀gbàgì Àkókófà
Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàfà
Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútafà
ÈkóÈkófà
ÌbàdànÌbàdànfà
ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràfà
Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbofà
ÌlọrinÌlọrinfà
OǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAfà
Ìwàjówà LGAfà
Kájọlà LGAfà
Ìsẹ́yìn LGAfà
Ṣakí West LGAfà
Atisbo LGAfà
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGAfà
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́fà
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàfà
Bɛ̀nɛ̀fà
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbafà
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodefà
Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́fà
Tchaouroufà
ÌcàAgouafà
ÌdàácàIgbó Ìdàácàfà
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́fà
Kétufà
Onigbolofà
Yewafà
Ifɛ̀Akpáréfà
Atakpaméfà
Bokofà
Moretanfà
Tchettifà
KuraAledjo-Kourafà
Awotébifà
Partagofà
Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandifà
Northern NagoKambolefà
Manigrifà
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fá

  1. (transitive) to scrape or wipe off
    alápatàá fá awọ náà ― The butcher wiped off the skin
  2. (transitive) to shave
    mo fá irun abíyá ― I shaved my armpit hair
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Zulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /fá/

Verb

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-fá

  1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection

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Tone H
Infinitive ukufa
Positive Negative
Infinitive ukufa ukungafi
Imperative
Simple object concord
Singular yifa -fe
Plural yifani -feni
Present
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngiyafa, ngifa engifayo, engifa ngifa angifi engingafi ngingafi
2nd singular uyafa, ufa ofayo, ofa ufa awufi ongafi ungafi
1st plural siyafa, sifa esifayo, esifa sifa asifi esingafi singafi
2nd plural niyafa, nifa enifayo, enifa nifa anifi eningafi ningafi
Class 1 uyafa, ufa ofayo, ofa efa akafi ongafi engafi
Class 2 bayafa, bafa abafayo, abafa befa abafi abangafi bengafi
Class 3 uyafa, ufa ofayo, ofa ufa awufi ongafi ungafi
Class 4 iyafa, ifa efayo, efa ifa ayifi engafi ingafi
Class 5 liyafa, lifa elifayo, elifa lifa alifi elingafi lingafi
Class 6 ayafa, afa afayo, afa efa awafi angafi engafi
Class 7 siyafa, sifa esifayo, esifa sifa asifi esingafi singafi
Class 8 ziyafa, zifa ezifayo, ezifa zifa azifi ezingafi zingafi
Class 9 iyafa, ifa efayo, efa ifa ayifi engafi ingafi
Class 10 ziyafa, zifa ezifayo, ezifa zifa azifi ezingafi zingafi
Class 11 luyafa, lufa olufayo, olufa lufa alufi olungafi lungafi
Class 14 buyafa, bufa obufayo, obufa bufa abufi obungafi bungafi
Class 15 kuyafa, kufa okufayo, okufa kufa akufi okungafi kungafi
Class 17 kuyafa, kufa okufayo, okufa kufa akufi okungafi kungafi
Recent past
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngifile, ngifē engifile, engifē ngifile, ngifē angifanga engingafanga ngingafanga
2nd singular ufile, ufē ofile, ofē ufile, ufē awufanga ongafanga ungafanga
1st plural sifile, sifē esifile, esifē sifile, sifē asifanga esingafanga singafanga
2nd plural nifile, nifē enifile, enifē nifile, nifē anifanga eningafanga ningafanga
Class 1 ufile, ufē ofile, ofē efile, efē akafanga ongafanga engafanga
Class 2 bafile, bafē abafile, abafē befile, befē abafanga abangafanga bengafanga
Class 3 ufile, ufē ofile, ofē ufile, ufē awufanga ongafanga ungafanga
Class 4 ifile, ifē efile, efē ifile, ifē ayifanga engafanga ingafanga
Class 5 lifile, lifē elifile, elifē lifile, lifē alifanga elingafanga lingafanga
Class 6 afile, afē afile, afē efile, efē awafanga angafanga engafanga
Class 7 sifile, sifē esifile, esifē sifile, sifē asifanga esingafanga singafanga
Class 8 zifile, zifē ezifile, ezifē zifile, zifē azifanga ezingafanga zingafanga
Class 9 ifile, ifē efile, efē ifile, ifē ayifanga engafanga ingafanga
Class 10 zifile, zifē ezifile, ezifē zifile, zifē azifanga ezingafanga zingafanga
Class 11 lufile, lufē olufile, olufē lufile, lufē alufanga olungafanga lungafanga
Class 14 bufile, bufē obufile, obufē bufile, bufē abufanga obungafanga bungafanga
Class 15 kufile, kufē okufile, okufē kufile, kufē akufanga okungafanga kungafanga
Class 17 kufile, kufē okufile, okufē kufile, kufē akufanga okungafanga kungafanga
Remote past
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngāfa engāfa ngāfa angifanga engingafanga ngingafanga
2nd singular wāfa owāfa wāfa awufanga ongafanga ungafanga
1st plural sāfa esāfa sāfa asifanga esingafanga singafanga
2nd plural nāfa enāfa nāfa anifanga eningafanga ningafanga
Class 1 wāfa owāfa āfa akafanga ongafanga engafanga
Class 2 bāfa abāfa bāfa abafanga abangafanga bengafanga
Class 3 wāfa owāfa wāfa awufanga ongafanga ungafanga
Class 4 yāfa eyāfa yāfa ayifanga engafanga ingafanga
Class 5 lāfa elāfa lāfa alifanga elingafanga lingafanga
Class 6 āfa āfa āfa awafanga angafanga engafanga
Class 7 sāfa esāfa sāfa asifanga esingafanga singafanga
Class 8 zāfa ezāfa zāfa azifanga ezingafanga zingafanga
Class 9 yāfa eyāfa yāfa ayifanga engafanga ingafanga
Class 10 zāfa ezāfa zāfa azifanga ezingafanga zingafanga
Class 11 lwāfa olwāfa lwāfa alufanga olungafanga lungafanga
Class 14 bāfa obāfa bāfa abufanga obungafanga bungafanga
Class 15 kwāfa okwāfa kwāfa akufanga okungafanga kungafanga
Class 17 kwāfa okwāfa kwāfa akufanga okungafanga kungafanga
Potential
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngingafa — ngingafa ngingefe — ngingefe
2nd singular ungafa — ungafa ungefe — ungefe
1st plural singafa — singafa singefe — singefe
2nd plural ningafa — ningafa ningefe — ningefe
Class 1 angafa — engafa angefe — engefe
Class 2 bangafa — bengafa bangefe — bengefe
Class 3 ungafa — ungafa ungefe — ungefe
Class 4 ingafa — ingafa ingefe — ingefe
Class 5 lingafa — lingafa lingefe — lingefe
Class 6 angafa — engafa angefe — engefe
Class 7 singafa — singafa singefe — singefe
Class 8 zingafa — zingafa zingefe — zingefe
Class 9 ingafa — ingafa ingefe — ingefe
Class 10 zingafa — zingafa zingefe — zingefe
Class 11 lungafa — lungafa lungefe — lungefe
Class 14 bungafa — bungafa bungefe — bungefe
Class 15 kungafa — kungafa kungefe — kungefe
Class 17 kungafa — kungafa kungefe — kungefe
Immediate future
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngizokufa engizokufa ngizokufa angizukufa engingezukufa ngingezukufa
2nd singular uzokufa ozokufa uzokufa awuzukufa ongezukufa ungezukufa
1st plural sizokufa esizokufa sizokufa asizukufa esingezukufa singezukufa
2nd plural nizokufa enizokufa nizokufa anizukufa eningezukufa ningezukufa
Class 1 uzokufa ozokufa ezokufa akazukufa ongezukufa engezukufa
Class 2 bazokufa abazokufa bezokufa abazukufa abangezukufa bengezukufa
Class 3 uzokufa ozokufa uzokufa awuzukufa ongezukufa ungezukufa
Class 4 izokufa ezokufa izokufa ayizukufa engezukufa ingezukufa
Class 5 lizokufa elizokufa lizokufa alizukufa elingezukufa lingezukufa
Class 6 azokufa azokufa ezokufa awazukufa angezukufa engezukufa
Class 7 sizokufa esizokufa sizokufa asizukufa esingezukufa singezukufa
Class 8 zizokufa ezizokufa zizokufa azizukufa ezingezukufa zingezukufa
Class 9 izokufa ezokufa izokufa ayizukufa engezukufa ingezukufa
Class 10 zizokufa ezizokufa zizokufa azizukufa ezingezukufa zingezukufa
Class 11 luzokufa oluzokufa luzokufa aluzukufa olungezukufa lungezukufa
Class 14 buzokufa obuzokufa buzokufa abuzukufa obungezukufa bungezukufa
Class 15 kuzokufa okuzokufa kuzokufa akuzukufa okungezukufa kungezukufa
Class 17 kuzokufa okuzokufa kuzokufa akuzukufa okungezukufa kungezukufa
Remote future
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngiyokufa engiyokufa ngiyokufa angiyukufa engingeyukufa ngingeyukufa
2nd singular uyokufa oyokufa uyokufa awuyukufa ongeyukufa ungeyukufa
1st plural siyokufa esiyokufa siyokufa asiyukufa esingeyukufa singeyukufa
2nd plural niyokufa eniyokufa niyokufa aniyukufa eningeyukufa ningeyukufa
Class 1 uyokufa oyokufa eyokufa akayukufa ongeyukufa engeyukufa
Class 2 bayokufa abayokufa beyokufa abayukufa abangeyukufa bengeyukufa
Class 3 uyokufa oyokufa uyokufa awuyukufa ongeyukufa ungeyukufa
Class 4 iyokufa eyokufa iyokufa ayiyukufa engeyukufa ingeyukufa
Class 5 liyokufa eliyokufa liyokufa aliyukufa elingeyukufa lingeyukufa
Class 6 ayokufa ayokufa eyokufa awayukufa angeyukufa engeyukufa
Class 7 siyokufa esiyokufa siyokufa asiyukufa esingeyukufa singeyukufa
Class 8 ziyokufa eziyokufa ziyokufa aziyukufa ezingeyukufa zingeyukufa
Class 9 iyokufa eyokufa iyokufa ayiyukufa engeyukufa ingeyukufa
Class 10 ziyokufa eziyokufa ziyokufa aziyukufa ezingeyukufa zingeyukufa
Class 11 luyokufa oluyokufa luyokufa aluyukufa olungeyukufa lungeyukufa
Class 14 buyokufa obuyokufa buyokufa abuyukufa obungeyukufa bungeyukufa
Class 15 kuyokufa okuyokufa kuyokufa akuyukufa okungeyukufa kungeyukufa
Class 17 kuyokufa okuyokufa kuyokufa akuyukufa okungeyukufa kungeyukufa
Present subjunctive
Positive Negative
1st singular ngife ngingafi
2nd singular ufe ungafi
1st plural sife singafi
2nd plural nife ningafi
Class 1 afe angafi
Class 2 bafe bangafi
Class 3 ufe ungafi
Class 4 ife ingafi
Class 5 life lingafi
Class 6 afe angafi
Class 7 sife singafi
Class 8 zife zingafi
Class 9 ife ingafi
Class 10 zife zingafi
Class 11 lufe lungafi
Class 14 bufe bungafi
Class 15 kufe kungafi
Class 17 kufe kungafi
Past subjunctive
Positive Negative
1st singular ngafa ngangafa, angafa, angangafa
2nd singular wafa wangafa, awafa, awangafa
1st plural safa sangafa, asafa, asangafa
2nd plural nafa nangafa, anafa, anangafa
Class 1 wafa wangafa, akafa, akangafa
Class 2 bafa bangafa, abafa, abangafa
Class 3 wafa wangafa, awafa, awangafa
Class 4 yafa yangafa, ayafa, ayangafa
Class 5 lafa langafa, alafa, alangafa
Class 6 afa angafa, awafa, awangafa
Class 7 safa sangafa, asafa, asangafa
Class 8 zafa zangafa, azafa, azangafa
Class 9 yafa yangafa, ayafa, ayangafa
Class 10 zafa zangafa, azafa, azangafa
Class 11 lwafa lwangafa, alwafa, alwangafa
Class 14 bafa bangafa, abafa, abangafa
Class 15 kwafa kwangafa, akwafa, akwangafa
Class 17 kwafa kwangafa, akwafa, akwangafa

Derived terms

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