fa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fa"

Contents

English

Alternative forms

• fah

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

fa (plural fas)

1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:

     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 bedchamber, 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.

Translations

fourth note of a major scale

• Arabic: فَا‎ m (fā)
• Basque: fa (eu)
• Finnish: fa (fi)
• French: fa (fr) m
• Georgian: ფა (ka) (pa)
• Hindi: म (hi) (ma)

• Japanese: ファ (ja) (fa)
• Korean: 파 (ko) (pa)
• Russian: фа (ru) n (fa)
• Spanish: fa (es)
• Thai: ฟา (th) (faa)

See also

• do
• la
• mi

• re
• so
• ti

Anagrams

• AF, af

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Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fa]

Verb

fa

1. to lose
2. to tear

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfa/
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

Noun

fa m (plural fas)

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

Etymology 2

From the Catalan verb fer (“to do”).

Verb

fa

1. third-person singular present indicative form of fer

Preposition

fa

1. ago

   fa molts anys...

   many years ago...

Interjection

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!”)

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Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fa (infinitive kufa)

1. to die

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -fera

• Nominal derivations:
  • imfa (“death”)

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Czech

Abbreviation

fa

1. Abbreviation of firma.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

fa m (plural fa)

1. (music) fa, the note 'F'.

Further reading

• “fa” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Noun

fa m (plural fas)

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

See also

• (musical notes) nota musical; dó, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si ^{(Category: gl:Music)}

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Gothic

Romanization

fa

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *puxe. Cognates include Finnish puu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

fa (plural fák)

1. tree (large woody plant)
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

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

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

• fás

Compound words

• akasztófa
• almafa
• birsalmafa
• cédrusfa
• családfa
• cseresznyefa
• diófa
• ébenfa
• eperfa
• épületfa
• facsavar
• faeper
• fagyöngy
• fahéj
• fahéjfa
• fahíd
• fakanál
• fakopáncs
• fakutya
• falevél
• faputtony
• farész
• faszén
• fatörzs
• favágó
• fű-fa
• fűnek-fának
• fűzfa
• gyümölcsfa
• hársfa
• juharfa
• kajszibarackfa
• karácsonyfa
• karfa
• keményfa
• korfa
• körtefa
• licsifa
• majomkenyérfa
• meggyfa
• narancsfa
• olajfa
• orgonafa
• puhafa
• sárgabarackfa
• sátorfa
• szelídgesztenyefa
• szemöldökfa
• tiszafa
• tölgyfa
• vállfa

 

(Expressions):

• fából vaskarika
• nem esik messze az alma a fájától
• nem látja a fától az erdőt

References

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Italian

Alternative forms

• (imperative form): fa', fai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa]
• Hyphenation: fà
• Rhymes: -a

Adverb

fa

1. ago

Synonyms

• prima

Noun

fa m (invariable)

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

Verb

fa

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

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Japanese

Romanization

fa

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

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Latvian

Noun

fa m (invariable)

1. (music) fa, the note 'F'.

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Luganda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

fa

1. to die

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Mandarin

Romanization

fa (Zhuyin ˙ㄈㄚ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 𠲎

fa

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

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. reason, cause

Synonyms

• oyr

Derived terms

• cre'n fa
• gyn fa gyn oyr

Mutation

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.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.

Noun

fa (plural fas)

1. Alternative form of fo

Etymology 2

From Old English fā, variant of fāh.

Adjective

fa

1. Alternative form of fo

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Niuean

Niuean cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : fa

Etymology

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

fa

1. four

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Norman

Etymology

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

Noun

fa m (plural fas)

1. (Jersey) suit (clothing)

Synonyms

• suit

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Novial

Verb

fa (past fad, active participle fant, passive participle fat)

1. make; do
   • 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 77

     On fa butre fro milke.

     One makes butter from milk.

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Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

fā

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

Conjugation

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, -o	fingin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—	—	—
þū	—	—	—	—	—
han	—	—	—	—	—
vīr	—	—	—	—	—
īr	—	—	—	—	—
þēr	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: få

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá

1. to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa/

Pronoun

fa

1. Doric form of wha (“who”)

   Fa's this quine, en?

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

fa

1. to die

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Sotho

Verb

fa

1. to give

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South Marquesan

South Marquesan cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : fa

Etymology

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

fa

1. four

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá

1. to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa/

Noun

fa m (plural fa)

1. fa (musical note)

Interjection

fa

1. (Argentina) ew, phew (expression of disgust)

Synonyms

• puaj
• guácala

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Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fa (infinitive kufa)

1. to die
2. to stop, come to an end

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fa
Non-finite forms
Form					Positive							Negative
Infinitive					kufa							kutokufa
Simple finite forms
Positive form					Singular							Plural
Imperative					kufa							kufeni
Habitual					hufa
Complex finite forms
Polarity	Persons				Persons / Classes		Classes
	1st		2nd		3rd / M-wa		M-mi		Ma		Ki-vi		N		U	Ku	Pa	Mu
	Sg.	Pl.	Sg.	Pl.	Sg. / 1	Pl. / 2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11 / 14	15 / 17	16	18
Past Positive nilikufa nalikufa tulikufa twalikufa ulikufa walikufa mlikufa mwalikufa alikufa walikufa ulikufa ilikufa lilikufa yalikufa kilikufa vilikufa ilikufa zilikufa ulikufa kulikufa palikufa mulikufa Negative sikufa hatukufa hukufa hamkufa hakufa hawakufa haukufa haikufa halikufa hayakufa hakikufa havikufa haikufa hazikufa haukufa hakukufa hapakufa hamukufa
Present Positive ninakufa nakufa tunakufa unakufa mnakufa anakufa wanakufa unakufa inakufa linakufa yanakufa kinakufa vinakufa inakufa zinakufa unakufa kunakufa panakufa munakufa Negative sifi hatufi hufi hamfi hafi hawafi haufi haifi halifi hayafi hakifi havifi haifi hazifi haufi hakufi hapafi hamufi
Future Positive nitakufa tutakufa utakufa mtakufa atakufa watakufa utakufa itakufa litakufa yatakufa kitakufa vitakufa itakufa zitakufa utakufa kutakufa patakufa mutakufa Negative sitakufa hatutakufa hutakufa hamtakufa hatakufa hawatakufa hautakufa haitakufa halitakufa hayatakufa hakitakufa havitakufa haitakufa hazitakufa hautakufa hakutakufa hapatakufa hamutakufa
Subjunctive Positive nife tufe ufe mfe afe wafe ufe ife life yafe kife vife ife zife ufe kufe pafe mufe Negative nisife tusife usife msife asife wasife usife isife lisife yasife kisife visife isife zisife usife kusife pasife musife
Present Conditional Positive ningekufa tungekufa ungekufa mngekufa angekufa wangekufa ungekufa ingekufa lingekufa yangekufa kingekufa vingekufa ingekufa zingekufa ungekufa kungekufa pangekufa mungekufa Negative nisingekufa singekufa tusingekufa hatungekufa usingekufa hungekufa msingekufa hamngekufa asingekufa hangekufa wasingekufa hawangekufa usingekufa haungekufa isingekufa haingekufa lisingekufa halingekufa yasingekufa hayangekufa kisingekufa hakingekufa visingekufa havingekufa isingekufa haingekufa zisingekufa hazingekufa usingekufa haungekufa kusingekufa hakungekufa pasingekufa hapangekufa musingekufa hamungekufa
Past Conditional Positive ningalikufa tungalikufa ungalikufa mngalikufa angalikufa wangalikufa ungalikufa ingalikufa lingalikufa yangalikufa kingalikufa vingalikufa ingalikufa zingalikufa ungalikufa kungalikufa pangalikufa mungalikufa Negative nisingalikufa singalikufa tusingalikufa hatungalikufa usingalikufa hungalikufa msingalikufa hamngalikufa asingalikufa hangalikufa wasingalikufa hawangalikufa usingalikufa haungalikufa isingalikufa haingalikufa lisingalikufa halingalikufa yasingalikufa hayangalikufa kisingalikufa hakingalikufa visingalikufa havingalikufa isingalikufa haingalikufa zisingalikufa hazingalikufa usingalikufa haungalikufa kusingalikufa hakungalikufa pasingalikufa hapangalikufa musingalikufa hamungalikufa
Conditional Contrary to Fact Positive ningelikufa tungelikufa ungelikufa mngelikufa angelikufa wangelikufa ungelikufa ingelikufa lingelikufa yangelikufa kingelikufa vingelikufa ingelikufa zingelikufa ungelikufa kungelikufa pangelikufa mungelikufa
Gnomic Positive nafa twafa wafa mwafa afa wafa wafa yafa lafa yafa chafa vyafa yafa zafa wafa kwafa pafa mwafa
Perfect Positive nimekufa tumekufa umekufa mmekufa amekufa wamekufa umekufa imekufa limekufa yamekufa kimekufa vimekufa imekufa zimekufa umekufa kumekufa pamekufa mumekufa
"Already" Positive nimeshakufa tumeshakufa umeshakufa mmeshakufa ameshakufa wameshakufa umeshakufa imeshakufa limeshakufa yameshakufa kimeshakufa vimeshakufa imeshakufa zimeshakufa umeshakufa kumeshakufa pameshakufa mumeshakufa
"Not yet" Negative sijafa hatujafa hujafa hamjafa hajafa hawajafa haujafa haijafa halijafa hayajafa hakijafa havijafa haijafa hazijafa haujafa hakujafa hapajafa hamujafa
"If/When" Positive nikifa tukifa ukifa mkifa akifa wakifa ukifa ikifa likifa yakifa kikifa vikifa ikifa zikifa ukifa kukifa pakifa mukifa
"If not" Negative nisipokufa tusipokufa usipokufa msipokufa asipokufa wasipokufa usipokufa isipokufa lisipokufa yasipokufa kisipokufa visipokufa isipokufa zisipokufa usipokufa kusipokufa pasipokufa musipokufa
Consecutive Positive nikafa tukafa ukafa mkafa akafa wakafa ukafa ikafa likafa yakafa kikafa vikafa ikafa zikafa ukafa kukafa pakafa mukafa
Relative Forms Past ye naliyekufa twaliyekufa waliyekufa mwaliyekufa aliyekufa waliyekufa uliyekufa iliyekufa liliyekufa yaliyekufa kiliyekufa viliyekufa iliyekufa ziliyekufa uliyekufa kuliyekufa paliyekufa muliyekufa o naliokufa twaliokufa waliokufa mwaliokufa aliokufa waliokufa uliokufa iliokufa liliokufa yaliokufa kiliokufa viliokufa iliokufa ziliokufa uliokufa kuliokufa paliokufa muliokufa yo naliyokufa twaliyokufa waliyokufa mwaliyokufa aliyokufa waliyokufa uliyokufa iliyokufa liliyokufa yaliyokufa kiliyokufa viliyokufa iliyokufa ziliyokufa uliyokufa kuliyokufa paliyokufa muliyokufa lo nalilokufa twalilokufa walilokufa mwalilokufa alilokufa walilokufa ulilokufa ililokufa lililokufa yalilokufa kililokufa vililokufa ililokufa zililokufa ulilokufa kulilokufa palilokufa mulilokufa cho nalichokufa twalichokufa walichokufa mwalichokufa alichokufa walichokufa ulichokufa ilichokufa lilichokufa yalichokufa kilichokufa vilichokufa ilichokufa zilichokufa ulichokufa kulichokufa palichokufa mulichokufa vyo nalivyokufa twalivyokufa walivyokufa mwalivyokufa alivyokufa walivyokufa ulivyokufa ilivyokufa lilivyokufa yalivyokufa kilivyokufa vilivyokufa ilivyokufa zilivyokufa ulivyokufa kulivyokufa palivyokufa mulivyokufa zo nalizokufa twalizokufa walizokufa mwalizokufa alizokufa walizokufa ulizokufa ilizokufa lilizokufa yalizokufa kilizokufa vilizokufa ilizokufa zilizokufa ulizokufa kulizokufa palizokufa mulizokufa ko nalikokufa twalikokufa walikokufa mwalikokufa alikokufa walikokufa ulikokufa ilikokufa lilikokufa yalikokufa kilikokufa vilikokufa ilikokufa zilikokufa ulikokufa kulikokufa palikokufa mulikokufa po nalipokufa twalipokufa walipokufa mwalipokufa alipokufa walipokufa ulipokufa ilipokufa lilipokufa yalipokufa kilipokufa vilipokufa ilipokufa zilipokufa ulipokufa kulipokufa palipokufa mulipokufa mo nalimokufa twalimokufa walimokufa mwalimokufa alimokufa walimokufa ulimokufa ilimokufa lilimokufa yalimokufa kilimokufa vilimokufa ilimokufa zilimokufa ulimokufa kulimokufa palimokufa mulimokufa Present ye nayekufa tunayekufa unayekufa mnayekufa anayekufa wanayekufa unayekufa inayekufa linayekufa yanayekufa kinayekufa vinayekufa inayekufa zinayekufa unayekufa kunayekufa panayekufa munayekufa o naokufa tunaokufa unaokufa mnaokufa anaokufa wanaokufa unaokufa inaokufa linaokufa yanaokufa kinaokufa vinaokufa inaokufa zinaokufa unaokufa kunaokufa panaokufa munaokufa yo nayokufa tunayokufa unayokufa mnayokufa anayokufa wanayokufa unayokufa inayokufa linayokufa yanayokufa kinayokufa vinayokufa inayokufa zinayokufa unayokufa kunayokufa panayokufa munayokufa lo nalokufa tunalokufa unalokufa mnalokufa analokufa wanalokufa unalokufa inalokufa linalokufa yanalokufa kinalokufa vinalokufa inalokufa zinalokufa unalokufa kunalokufa panalokufa munalokufa cho nachokufa tunachokufa unachokufa mnachokufa anachokufa wanachokufa unachokufa inachokufa linachokufa yanachokufa kinachokufa vinachokufa inachokufa zinachokufa unachokufa kunachokufa panachokufa munachokufa vyo navyokufa tunavyokufa unavyokufa mnavyokufa anavyokufa wanavyokufa unavyokufa inavyokufa linavyokufa yanavyokufa kinavyokufa vinavyokufa inavyokufa zinavyokufa unavyokufa kunavyokufa panavyokufa munavyokufa zo nazokufa tunazokufa unazokufa mnazokufa anazokufa wanazokufa unazokufa inazokufa linazokufa yanazokufa kinazokufa vinazokufa inazokufa zinazokufa unazokufa kunazokufa panazokufa munazokufa ko nakokufa tunakokufa unakokufa mnakokufa anakokufa wanakokufa unakokufa inakokufa linakokufa yanakokufa kinakokufa vinakokufa inakokufa zinakokufa unakokufa kunakokufa panakokufa munakokufa po napokufa tunapokufa unapokufa mnapokufa anapokufa wanapokufa unapokufa inapokufa linapokufa yanapokufa kinapokufa vinapokufa inapokufa zinapokufa unapokufa kunapokufa panapokufa munapokufa mo namokufa tunamokufa unamokufa mnamokufa anamokufa wanamokufa unamokufa inamokufa linamokufa yanamokufa kinamokufa vinamokufa inamokufa zinamokufa unamokufa kunamokufa panamokufa munamokufa Future ye nitakayekufa tutakayekufa utakayekufa mtakayekufa atakayekufa watakayekufa utakayekufa itakayekufa litakayekufa yatakayekufa kitakayekufa vitakayekufa itakayekufa zitakayekufa utakayekufa kutakayekufa patakayekufa mutakayekufa o nitakaokufa tutakaokufa utakaokufa mtakaokufa atakaokufa watakaokufa utakaokufa itakaokufa litakaokufa yatakaokufa kitakaokufa vitakaokufa itakaokufa zitakaokufa utakaokufa kutakaokufa patakaokufa mutakaokufa yo nitakayokufa tutakayokufa utakayokufa mtakayokufa atakayokufa watakayokufa utakayokufa itakayokufa litakayokufa yatakayokufa kitakayokufa vitakayokufa itakayokufa zitakayokufa utakayokufa kutakayokufa patakayokufa mutakayokufa lo nitakalokufa tutakalokufa utakalokufa mtakalokufa atakalokufa watakalokufa utakalokufa itakalokufa litakalokufa yatakalokufa kitakalokufa vitakalokufa itakalokufa zitakalokufa utakalokufa kutakalokufa patakalokufa mutakalokufa cho nitakachokufa tutakachokufa utakachokufa mtakachokufa atakachokufa watakachokufa utakachokufa itakachokufa litakachokufa yatakachokufa kitakachokufa vitakachokufa itakachokufa zitakachokufa utakachokufa kutakachokufa patakachokufa mutakachokufa vyo nitakavyokufa tutakavyokufa utakavyokufa mtakavyokufa atakavyokufa watakavyokufa utakavyokufa itakavyokufa litakavyokufa yatakavyokufa kitakavyokufa vitakavyokufa itakavyokufa zitakavyokufa utakavyokufa kutakavyokufa patakavyokufa mutakavyokufa zo nitakazokufa tutakazokufa utakazokufa mtakazokufa atakazokufa watakazokufa utakazokufa itakazokufa litakazokufa yatakazokufa kitakazokufa vitakazokufa itakazokufa zitakazokufa utakazokufa kutakazokufa patakazokufa mutakazokufa ko nitakakokufa tutakakokufa utakakokufa mtakakokufa atakakokufa watakakokufa utakakokufa itakakokufa litakakokufa yatakakokufa kitakakokufa vitakakokufa itakakokufa zitakakokufa utakakokufa kutakakokufa patakakokufa mutakakokufa po nitakapokufa tutakapokufa utakapokufa mtakapokufa atakapokufa watakapokufa utakapokufa itakapokufa litakapokufa yatakapokufa kitakapokufa vitakapokufa itakapokufa zitakapokufa utakapokufa kutakapokufa patakapokufa mutakapokufa mo nitakamokufa tutakamokufa utakamokufa mtakamokufa atakamokufa watakamokufa utakamokufa itakamokufa litakamokufa yatakamokufa kitakamokufa vitakamokufa itakamokufa zitakamokufa utakamokufa kutakamokufa patakamokufa mutakamokufa General Positive ye nifaye tufaye ufaye mfaye afaye wafaye ufaye ifaye lifaye yafaye kifaye vifaye ifaye zifaye ufaye kufaye pafaye mufaye o nifao tufao ufao mfao afao wafao ufao ifao lifao yafao kifao vifao ifao zifao ufao kufao pafao mufao yo nifayo tufayo ufayo mfayo afayo wafayo ufayo ifayo lifayo yafayo kifayo vifayo ifayo zifayo ufayo kufayo pafayo mufayo lo nifalo tufalo ufalo mfalo afalo wafalo ufalo ifalo lifalo yafalo kifalo vifalo ifalo zifalo ufalo kufalo pafalo mufalo cho nifacho tufacho ufacho mfacho afacho wafacho ufacho ifacho lifacho yafacho kifacho vifacho ifacho zifacho ufacho kufacho pafacho mufacho vyo nifavyo tufavyo ufavyo mfavyo afavyo wafavyo ufavyo ifavyo lifavyo yafavyo kifavyo vifavyo ifavyo zifavyo ufavyo kufavyo pafavyo mufavyo zo nifazo tufazo ufazo mfazo afazo wafazo ufazo ifazo lifazo yafazo kifazo vifazo ifazo zifazo ufazo kufazo pafazo mufazo ko nifako tufako ufako mfako afako wafako ufako ifako lifako yafako kifako vifako ifako zifako ufako kufako pafako mufako po nifapo tufapo ufapo mfapo afapo wafapo ufapo ifapo lifapo yafapo kifapo vifapo ifapo zifapo ufapo kufapo pafapo mufapo mo nifamo tufamo ufamo mfamo afamo wafamo ufamo ifamo lifamo yafamo kifamo vifamo ifamo zifamo ufamo kufamo pafamo mufamo General Negative ye nisiyekufa tusiyekufa usiyekufa msiyekufa asiyekufa wasiyekufa usiyekufa isiyekufa lisiyekufa yasiyekufa kisiyekufa visiyekufa isiyekufa zisiyekufa usiyekufa kusiyekufa pasiyekufa musiyekufa o nisiokufa tusiokufa usiokufa msiokufa asiokufa wasiokufa usiokufa isiokufa lisiokufa yasiokufa kisiokufa visiokufa isiokufa zisiokufa usiokufa kusiokufa pasiokufa musiokufa yo nisiyokufa tusiyokufa usiyokufa msiyokufa asiyokufa wasiyokufa usiyokufa isiyokufa lisiyokufa yasiyokufa kisiyokufa visiyokufa isiyokufa zisiyokufa usiyokufa kusiyokufa pasiyokufa musiyokufa lo nisilokufa tusilokufa usilokufa msilokufa asilokufa wasilokufa usilokufa isilokufa lisilokufa yasilokufa kisilokufa visilokufa isilokufa zisilokufa usilokufa kusilokufa pasilokufa musilokufa cho nisichokufa tusichokufa usichokufa msichokufa asichokufa wasichokufa usichokufa isichokufa lisichokufa yasichokufa kisichokufa visichokufa isichokufa zisichokufa usichokufa kusichokufa pasichokufa musichokufa vyo nisivyokufa tusivyokufa usivyokufa msivyokufa asivyokufa wasivyokufa usivyokufa isivyokufa lisivyokufa yasivyokufa kisivyokufa visivyokufa isivyokufa zisivyokufa usivyokufa kusivyokufa pasivyokufa musivyokufa zo nisizokufa tusizokufa usizokufa msizokufa asizokufa wasizokufa usizokufa isizokufa lisizokufa yasizokufa kisizokufa visizokufa isizokufa zisizokufa usizokufa kusizokufa pasizokufa musizokufa ko nisikokufa tusikokufa usikokufa msikokufa asikokufa wasikokufa usikokufa isikokufa lisikokufa yasikokufa kisikokufa visikokufa isikokufa zisikokufa usikokufa kusikokufa pasikokufa musikokufa po nisipokufa tusipokufa usipokufa msipokufa asipokufa wasipokufa usipokufa isipokufa lisipokufa yasipokufa kisipokufa visipokufa isipokufa zisipokufa usipokufa kusipokufa pasipokufa musipokufa mo nisimokufa tusimokufa usimokufa msimokufa asimokufa wasimokufa usimokufa isimokufa lisimokufa yasimokufa kisimokufa visimokufa isimokufa zisimokufa usimokufa kusimokufa pasimokufa musimokufa
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -fia
  • Causative: -fisha (“murder”)
  • Passive: -fiwa (“mourn, be bereaved”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • kifa (“death”)
  • mafa (“cemetery”)

Related terms

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

See also

• -ua (“kill”)

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá

1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

fa

1. to die

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Tuvaluan

Tuvaluan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fa

Etymology

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

fa

1. four

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Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

fa

1. to die

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Venetian

Noun

fa m (invariable)

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

Adverb

fa

1. as, like

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Volapük

Preposition

fa

1. by (indicating an agent)

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Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foː/, /fɒː/, /fɑː/

• Rhymes: -óː

Etymology 1

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

Verb

fa (preterite fekk or fikk, plural fing, supine fatt or faije)

1. To receive, obtain.

   Han hyllrä vä’óm, dilliss han fekk hä ’an villt ― He coaxed him til he got what he wanted.

   Han fekk säg ä bra tag ― He got himself a good deal

   Fing je lik mykke i år sóm i fjol? ― Did you get as much this year as last year?

   Han fekk helä hvärvä ― He was dressed from head to foot.

   faattse ― to grab for oneself

   faattse aann ― to start breathing normally again

   fase värrmen ― to get warm

   hä fås bȧra småglirn hjänna ― one can only catch small fish here

2. To have children.

   få småfólk ― to bear children

3. To give, hand.

   Få mäg yksa! ― Hand me the axe!

4. (reflexive, intransitive) To convalesce.

   Han håll å få säg ― He’s starting to recover.

5. (auxiliary verb) May.

   fasi matt gammal hall du a vara ― May I ask how old you’re starting to become?

   fasi åm jä fatin fara dellåm ― I’ll see if I have time to visit him.

Derived terms

• anfått
• seinfatt

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz.

Adjective

fa

1. Few.

Derived terms

• famönnes
• fang
• fangfor
• faräjj
• faräjjes
• feengt
• fått

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Wuvulu-Aua

Etymology

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

fa

1. four

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fá]

Verb

-fá

1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-fá, from Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fá/

Verb

-fá

1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection

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

• -fela
• -fisa
• ifa
• isifo
• umufi

 

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “fa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fa (imper. yifa, 6.3)”