Translingual edit

Symbol edit

fa

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

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

  • IPA(key): /fɑ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun edit

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 edit

sol-fa

Translations edit

See also edit

musical notes
other terms with "fa", etymologically unrelated

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

fa m (plural fas)

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

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

fa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fer

Preposition edit

fa

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

Interjection edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

-fa (infinitive kufá)

  1. to die

Derived terms edit

Czech edit

Noun edit

fa

  1. Abbreviation of firma.

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin fa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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)

Derived terms edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fa m (plural fa)

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

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Galician edit

Noun edit

fa m (plural fas)

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

See also edit

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

fa

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰

Hadza edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

fa

  1. 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)

  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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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.)

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 ): 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)

  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 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

Etymology 2 edit

Preposition edit

fa (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. Obsolete form of faoi (under).
  2. Obsolete form of um (about, concerning).
Usage notes edit

In the meaning about it was followed by a noun in accusative.

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative forms edit

  • fa', fai (imperative form only)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation:
  • 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

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

Adverb edit

fa

  1. ago
    Synonym: prima

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa/°
  • IPA(key): (traditional) /ˈfa/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation:
  • 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)

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

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

fa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふぁ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ファ

Kabyle edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to yawn

Lala (South Africa) edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

-fá

  1. to die

Latvian edit

Noun edit

fa m (invariable)

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

Luganda edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

fa

  1. to die

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

fa (fa5fa0, Zhuyin ˙ㄈㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠲎

Romanization edit

fa

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

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])

  1. reason, cause

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.

Noun edit

fa (plural fas)

  1. Alternative form of fo

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English , variant of fāh.

Adjective edit

fa

  1. Alternative form of fo

Neapolitan edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

fa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of

Niuean edit

Niuean cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    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

  1. four

Norman edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

fa m (plural fas)

  1. (Jersey) suit (clothing)

Synonyms edit

Northern Ndebele edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

-fá

  1. 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)

  1. (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

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

  1. (transitive) to catch

Descendants edit

  • Saterland Frisian: fange
  • West Frisian: fange

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)

  1. (in indirect interrogative clauses) or
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b32
      imba bás ba bethu
      whether it be death or life
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 90c19
      Ní fetar indam·ṡoírfad Día fa nacc.
      I do not know whether God would deliver me or not.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91c1
      No scrútain-se, in tan no mbíinn isnaib fochaidib, dús in retarscar cairde ṅDǽ ⁊ a remcaissiu, ⁊ ní tucus-sa insin, in ru·etarscar fa naic.
      I used to consider, when I was in the tribulations, [to see] whether the covenant of God and his providence had departed, and I didn't understand [that,] whether it had departed or not.
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 12b7
      cosmail leiss cacha orr im cara æscare
      alike to him whichever he may slay, whether friend or foe

Further reading edit

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb edit

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

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

Phuthi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

-fá

  1. to die

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Scots edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

fa

  1. Doric 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)

  1. to die

Derived terms edit

Sotho edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

Verb edit

fa

  1. to give

South Marquesan edit

South Marquesan cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    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

  1. four

Southern Ndebele edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

-fá

  1. to die

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

fa m (plural fa)

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

Derived terms edit

Interjection edit

fa

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

Further reading edit

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adverb edit

fa

  1. how

Conjunction edit

fa

  1. as soon as

Etymology 2 edit

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

Interjection edit

fa?

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

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

-fa (infinitive kufa)

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

Conjugation edit

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 edit

Related terms edit

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

See also edit

  • -ua (kill)

Swazi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

-fá

  1. (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

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Verb edit

fa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰ)

  1. (intransitive) to yawn

Conjugation edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tsonga edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

fa

  1. to die

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Italian fa

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fa (definite accusative fayı, plural falar)

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

Tuvaluan edit

Tuvaluan cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    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

  1. four

Venda edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb edit

fa

  1. to die

Venetian edit

Noun edit

fa m (invariable)

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

Adverb edit

fa

  1. as, like

Volapük edit

Preposition edit

fa

  1. by (indicating an agent)

West Makian edit

Conjunction edit

fa

  1. or
    win edeng fa iungetwo 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

  1. four

Xhosa edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

-fá

  1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

Yoruba edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to pull
    mo fa aṣọI pulled the clothes
  2. (transitive) to suck
  3. (intransitive) to subside, to reduce
    eéwó t'ó wú ti The boil that was swollen has reduced
  4. to draw, to sketch
    ó fa ìlà sórí ìwéHe drew a line on the piece of paper
  5. to become sluggish
    ọ̀lẹ́ tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́The 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 This ewedu soup is mucilaginous
  7. (intransitive) to crawl
    bí ìgbín , ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé eWhen the snail crawls its shell shall follow it
  8. (transitive) to cause, to bring about
    ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkúnToo much suffering is the cause of weeping
  9. (transitive) to long for
    ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ I longed for those children
Usage notes edit
  • fa before a direct object
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

  1. (transitive) to scrape or wipe off
    alápatàá awọ náàThe butcher wiped off the skin
  2. (transitive) to shave
    mo irun abíyáI shaved my armpit hair
Derived terms edit

Zulu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /fá/

Verb edit

-fá

  1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection edit

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

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