See also: felí and féli

Amis

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (to give). Compare Malay beri (give).

Verb

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feli

  1. to give

References

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Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, feil-i.

Adjective

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feli (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) verbal

Further reading

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  • feli” in Obastan.com.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fēlī

  1. dative singular of fēlēs

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English fail.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-feli (infinitive kufeli)

  1. to fail (not succeed)
    Antonym: -fanikiwa

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -feli
Positive present -nafeli
Subjunctive -feli
Negative -feli
Imperative singular feli
Infinitives
Positive kufeli
Negative kutofeli
Imperatives
Singular feli
Plural felini
Tensed forms
Habitual hufeli
Positive past positive subject concord -lifeli
Negative past negative subject concord -kufeli
Positive present (positive subject concord -nafeli)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafeli/nafeli tunafeli
2nd person unafeli mnafeli
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafeli wanafeli
other classes positive subject concord -nafeli
Negative present (negative subject concord -feli)
Singular Plural
1st person sifeli hatufeli
2nd person hufeli hamfeli
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafeli hawafeli
other classes negative subject concord -feli
Positive future positive subject concord -tafeli
Negative future negative subject concord -tafeli
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord -feli)
Singular Plural
1st person nifeli tufeli
2nd person ufeli mfeli
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afeli wafeli
other classes positive subject concord -feli
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord -sifeli
Positive present conditional positive subject concord -ngefeli
Negative present conditional positive subject concord -singefeli
Positive past conditional positive subject concord -ngalifeli
Negative past conditional positive subject concord -singalifeli
Gnomic (positive subject concord -afeli)
Singular Plural
1st person nafeli twafeli
2nd person wafeli mwafeli
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afeli wafeli
m-mi(III/IV) wafeli yafeli
ji-ma(V/VI) lafeli yafeli
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafeli vyafeli
n(IX/X) yafeli zafeli
u(XI) wafeli see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafeli
pa(XVI) pafeli
mu(XVIII) mwafeli
Perfect positive subject concord -mefeli
"Already" positive subject concord -meshafeli
"Not yet" negative subject concord -jafeli
"If/When" positive subject concord -kifeli
"If not" positive subject concord -sipofeli
Consecutive kafeli / positive subject concord -kafeli
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord -kafeli
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifeli -tufeli
2nd person -kufeli -wafeli/-kufelini/-wafelini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfeli -wafeli
m-mi(III/IV) -ufeli -ifeli
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifeli -yafeli
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifeli -vifeli
n(IX/X) -ifeli -zifeli
u(XI) -ufeli see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufeli
pa(XVI) -pafeli
mu(XVIII) -mufeli
Reflexive -jifeli
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord (object concord) -feli- relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -feliye -felio
m-mi(III/IV) -felio -feliyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -felilo -feliyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -felicho -felivyo
n(IX/X) -feliyo -felizo
u(XI) -felio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -feliko
pa(XVI) -felipo
mu(XVIII) -felimo
Other forms (subject concord tense marker relative marker (object concord) -feli)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefeli -ofeli
m-mi(III/IV) -ofeli -yofeli
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofeli -yofeli
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofeli -vyofeli
n(IX/X) -yofeli -zofeli
u(XI) -ofeli see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofeli
pa(XVI) -pofeli
mu(XVIII) -mofeli
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.