fa
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
fa
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin famuli, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fa (plural fas)
- (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 edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
fa m (plural fas)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
fa
Preposition edit
fa
- ago
- fa molts anys...
- many years ago...
Interjection edit
fa
- (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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
-fa (infinitive kufá)
- to die
Derived terms edit
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -fera
- Nominal derivations:
- imfa (“death”)
Czech edit
Noun edit
fa
- Abbreviation of firma.
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fa m (plural fa's, diminutive faatje n)
Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fa m (plural fa)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Noun edit
fa m (plural fas)
See also edit
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
fa
- Romanization of 𐍆𐌰
Hadza edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fa
- to drink
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uralic *puwe. Cognates include Finnish puu.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fa (countable and uncountable, plural fák)
- tree (large woody plant)
- wood (substance beneath the bark of the trunk or branches of a tree)
- (graph theory) tree (connected graph with no cycles)
- (computing theory) tree (recursive data structure)
- (attributive) wooden (made of wood)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 edit
- faalkotmány
- faanyag
- faarc
- faág
- faállomány
- faáru
- fababa
- fabalzsam
- fabatka
- fabáb
- faberakás
- fabetegség
- fabeton
- fabódé
- faburkolat
- facement
- facimbalom
- facipő
- facsavar
- facsemete
- facsiga
- facsiszolat
- facsoport
- fadarab
- fadarázs
- faderék
- fadongó
- fadöntés
- fadugó
- fadúc
- faecet
- faedény
- faeke
- faeper
- faesztergályos
- fafajta
- fafaragás, fafaragó
- fafejű
- fafeldolgozás, fafeldolgozó
- faforgács
- fafúvó → fafúvós
- fafűrész
- fafűtés → fafűtéses
- fagaras
- fagáz
- fagomba
- fagyapot
- fagyöngy
- fahamu
- fahang
- fahasáb
- fahatár
- faháncs
- faház
- fahegy
- fahéj → fahéjszínű
- fahíd
- fahordó
- faipar
- faiskola
- fajankó
- fakabát
- fakalapács
- fakanál
- fakard
- fakátrány
- fakereskedő
- fakereszt
- fakép
- fakéreg
- fakilincs
- fakitermelés
- fakín
- fakopáncs
- fakorona
- fakova
- faköpönyeg
- faköszörűgép, faköszörület
- fakötés
- fakupa
- fakutya
- fakúsz
- faláb → falábú
- faláda
- falemez
- falepárlás
- falevél
- falépcső
- faló
- famaró
- famegmunkálás
- famentes
- fametszés, fametszet, fametsző
- faméh
- famézga
- famozaik
- famunka → famunkás
- fanemesítés
- fanyelű
- fanyelv → fanyelvű
- fanyesés
- fanyűvő
- faodú
- faolaj
- faóriás
- fapad → fapados
- fapapucs
- fapárolás
- fapofa
- fapuska
- faputtony
- farablás
- farakás
- faraktár
- farész
- farontó
- farost → farostlemez → farostlemezgyár
- farönk
- fasor
- faszállítás
- faszeg
- faszent
- faszesz
- faszén → faszéngáz
- faszobor, faszobrász
- fatalp
- fatányér → fatányéros
- fatelep
- fatelítés
- fatemplom
- fatest
- fatetű
- fatornyos
- fatökű
- fatönk
- fatörzs
- fatuskó
- fatüzelés → fatüzeléses
- faúsztatás
- favágás, favágó, favágító
- faválaszték
- faváz → favázas
- favicc
- favilla
- akácfa
- almafa
- aranyfa
- babérfa
- balsafa
- balzsamfa
- banánfa
- barackfa
- barkócafa
- bálványfa
- birsalmafa
- birskörtefa
- bocfa
- bodzafa
- bokrétafa
- borsófa
- bükkfa
- cédrusfa
- ciprusfa
- citromfa
- császárfa
- cserefa
- cseresznyefa
- cserfa
- datolyafa
- dinnyefa
- diófa
- ecetfa
- eperfa
- ezüstfa
- ébenfa
- égerfa
- fahéjfa
- fenyőfa
- fügefa
- fűzfa
- gesztenyefa
- gubacsfa
- gumifa
- gyertyánfa
- gyümölcsfa
- hársfa
- hólyagfa
- istenfa
- jávorfa
- jegenyefa
- juharfa
- júdásfa
- kajszibarackfa
- kaucsukfa
- kámforfa
- kányafa
- kenyérfa
- kékfa
- kininfa
- kínafa
- körtefa
- kőrisfa
- lepényfa
- licsifa
- liliomfa
- majomkenyérfa
- mandulafa
- mangófa
- meggyfa
- mogyorófa
- narancseperfa
- narancsfa
- nyárfa
- nyírfa
- olajfa
- orgonafa
- ostorfa
- ostorménfa
- paliszanderfa
- parafa
- pálmafa
- rózsafa
- sárgabarackfa
- sárkányfa
- somfa
- sóskafa
- sörgyefa
- szederfa
- szelídgesztenyefa
- szilfa
- szilvafa
- szivarfa
- tiszafa
- tíkfa (formerly spelled teakfa)
- tölgyfa
- trombitafa
- tulipánfa
- uborkafa
- vadalmafa
- vadgesztenyefa
- vadkörtefa
- vasfa
- ajtófa
- ajtófélfa
- ajtószárfa
- akasztófa
- akolófa
- alakfa
- aprófa
- ágasfa
- ágfa
- állásfa
- ászokfa
- bálványfa
- bányafa
- bélfa
- bitófa
- bútorfa
- családfa
- csapófa
- csántérfa
- csemetefa
- díszfa
- dongafa
- dorongfa
- elegyfa
- életfa
- épületfa
- fejfa
- félfa
- főfa
- főtefa
- fű-fa, fűnek-fának
- gallyfa
- gyámfa
- hagyásfa
- hajítófa
- hasábfa
- haszonfa
- határfa
- hámfa
- kandallófa
- kaptafa
- kapufa
- kapufélfa
- karácsonyfa
- karfa
- keményfa
- keresztfa
- kisafa
- konyhafa
- kopjafa
- korfa
- koszorúfa
- lármafa
- látófa
- lemezfa
- lombfa
- májfa
- májusfa
- mesefa
- mintázófa
- műfa
- nemzetségfa
- nótafa
- nyújtófa
- ollófa
- ostorfa
- ölfa
- párnafa
- piszkafa
- puhafa
- rénfa
- rovásfa
- rönkfa
- rúdfa
- sasfa
- sámfa
- sátorfa
- sefűsefa
- simítófa
- sodrófa
- sorfa
- stoppolófa
- süvegfa
- szarufa
- szálfa
- szárazfa
- származásfa
- szegélyfa
- szelemenfa
- szemöldökfa
- szerfa
- szerszámfa
- szégyenfa
- színfa
- szolgafa
- talpfa
- támaszfa
- támfa
- tilalomfa
- tömőfa
- törpefa
- törzsfa
- tüzelőfa
- tűzifa
- ujjafa
- ültetőfa
- ütőfa
- vakfa
- vállfa
- vánkosfa
References edit
- ^ Entry #829 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ 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.)
Further reading edit
- (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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Particle edit
fa (triggers h-prothesis)
- 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 (…)”)
Related terms edit
Simple copular forms
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Compound copular forms
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Etymology 2 edit
Preposition edit
fa (plus dative, triggers lenition)
Usage notes edit
In the meaning about it was followed by a noun in accusative.
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- 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 edit
fa
- inflection of fare:
Adverb edit
fa
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- 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 edit
fa m (invariable)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
fa
Kabyle edit
Verb edit
fa (intensive aorist yettfay, aorist ifa, preterite ifa, negative preterite ifa)
- to yawn
Lala (South Africa) edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
-fá
- to die
Latvian edit
Noun edit
fa m (invariable)
Luganda edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
fa
- to die
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠲎
Romanization edit
fa
- Nonstandard spelling of fā.
- Nonstandard spelling of fá.
- Nonstandard spelling of fǎ.
- Nonstandard spelling of fà.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.
Noun edit
fa m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.
Noun edit
fa (plural fas)
- Alternative form of fo
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English fā, variant of fāh.
Adjective edit
fa
- Alternative form of fo
Neapolitan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fa
Niuean edit
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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Cardinal : fa | ||
Etymology edit
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 edit
fa
Norman edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Noun edit
fa m (plural fas)
Synonyms edit
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
-fá
- to die
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fa m (definite singular fa-en, indefinite plural fa-ar, definite plural fa-ane)
- (music) fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
- “fa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include Old English fōn, Old Saxon fāhan and Old Dutch fān.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fā
- (transitive) to catch
Descendants edit
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Apparently a derivative of some form of the copula is that is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
fa (triggers lenition)
- (in indirect interrogative clauses) or
For quotations using this term, see Citations:fa.
Further reading edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fa, ba, fo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 464, page 291
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.
Verb edit
fā
Conjugation edit
present | past | ||||
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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 edit
- Swedish: få
Phuthi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
-fá
- to die
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Scots edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
fa
- Doric Scots form of wha (“who”)
- Fa's this quine, en?
- Who's this girl, then?
Shona edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
-fá (infinitive kufá)
- to die
Derived terms edit
Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-páa.
Verb edit
fa
- to give
South Marquesan edit
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Cardinal : fa | ||
Etymology edit
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 edit
fa
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
-fá
- to die
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fa m (plural fa)
- fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
Derived terms edit
Interjection edit
fa
Further reading edit
- “fa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb edit
fa
Derived terms edit
Conjunction edit
fa
Etymology 2 edit
Short for a phrase such as fa fu yu? or fa a e go?
Interjection edit
fa?
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Verb edit
-fa (infinitive kufa)
- to die
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa
- to stop, come to an end
Conjugation edit
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
- -ua (“kill”)
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
-fá
- (intransitive) to die
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Tarifit edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰ)
- (intransitive) to yawn
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Tsonga edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
fa
- to die
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Tuvaluan edit
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Cardinal : fa | ||
Etymology edit
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 edit
fa
Venda edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb edit
fa
- to die
Venetian edit
Noun edit
fa m (invariable)
Adverb edit
fa
Volapük edit
Preposition edit
fa
- by (indicating an agent)
West Makian edit
Conjunction edit
fa
- or
- win edeng fa iunge ― two days or three
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics
Wuvulu-Aua edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
fa
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
-fá
- (intransitive) to die
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fà
- (transitive, intransitive) to pull
- mo fa aṣọ ― I pulled the clothes
- (transitive) to suck
- (intransitive) to subside, to reduce
- eéwó t'ó wú ti fà ― The boil that was swollen has reduced
- to draw, to sketch
- ó fa ìlà sórí ìwé ― He drew a line on the piece of paper
- to become sluggish
- ọ̀lẹ́ fà tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ ― The lazy person was sluggish at work
- to be elastic, to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw
- Synonym: yọ̀
- ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá fà ― This ewedu soup is mucilaginous
- (intransitive) to crawl
- bí ìgbín fà, ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e ― When the snail crawls its shell shall follow it
- (transitive) to cause, to bring about
- ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkún ― Too much suffering is the cause of weeping
- (transitive) to long for
- ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ fà mí ― I longed for those children
Usage notes edit
- fa before a direct object
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fá
- (transitive) to scrape or wipe off
- alápatàá fá awọ náà ― The butcher wiped off the skin
- (transitive) to shave
- mo fá irun abíyá ― I shaved my armpit hair
Derived terms edit
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
-fá
- (intransitive) to die
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “fa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fa (imper. yifa, 6.3)”
- Translingual lemmas
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- ISO 639-1
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- en:Music
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- ca:Music
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- Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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- hts:Drinking
- hts:Human behaviour
- Hungarian terms inherited from Proto-Uralic
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/fɒ
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- Hungarian countable and uncountable nouns
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- hu:Graph theory
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- hu:Trees
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- it:Music
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- lv:Music
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- Hanyu Pinyin
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- Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
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- Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Niuean terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Niuean terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Niuean terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Niuean terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
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- Niuean lemmas
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- Norman terms with audio links
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- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Clothing
- Northern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
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- nn:Music
- Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- Phuthi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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- Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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- Sotho terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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- South Marquesan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- South Marquesan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- South Marquesan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
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- South Marquesan terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- South Marquesan terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- South Marquesan terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- South Marquesan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- South Marquesan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- mqm:Four
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- Swazi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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- tr:Music
- Tuvaluan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
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- Tuvaluan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
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- Tuvaluan terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Tuvaluan terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Tuvaluan terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
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- Tuvaluan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- vec:Music
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- wuv:Four
- Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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