Wiktionary

fa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fa"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

fa

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

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

sol-fa

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

musical notes
other terms with "fa", etymologically unrelated

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

fa m (plural fas)

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

Etymology 2Edit

From the Catalan verb fer (“to do”).

VerbEdit

fa

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of fer

PrepositionEdit

fa

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

InterjectionEdit

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!”)

ChichewaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

-fa (infinitive kufá)

  1. to die

Derived termsEdit

CzechEdit

NounEdit

fa

  1. Abbreviation of firma.

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin fa.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fa m (plural fa)

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

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

NounEdit

fa m (plural fas)

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

See alsoEdit

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

fa

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰

HadzaEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

fa

  1. to drink

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fa (countable and uncountable, 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)

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Entry #829 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  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 readingEdit

  • (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 2023)

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative formsEdit

  • fa', fai (imperative form only)

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

fa

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

AdverbEdit

fa

  1. ago
    Synonym: prima

Etymology 2Edit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

fa m (invariable)

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

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

fa

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

KabyleEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. to yawn

Lala (South Africa)Edit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

-fá

  1. to die

LatvianEdit

NounEdit

fa m (invariable)

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

LugandaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

fa

  1. to die

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

fa (fa5 / fa0, Zhuyin ˙ㄈㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠲎

fa

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

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

ManxEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

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

  1. reason, cause

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

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 EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.

NounEdit

fa (plural fas)

  1. Alternative form of fo

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English fā, variant of fāh.

AdjectiveEdit

fa

  1. Alternative form of fo

NeapolitanEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

fa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fà

NiueanEdit

Niuean cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : fa

EtymologyEdit

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.

NumeralEdit

fa

  1. four

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

NounEdit

fa m (plural fas)

  1. (Jersey) suit (clothing)

SynonymsEdit

Northern NdebeleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

-fá

  1. to die

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

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

Coordinate termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

fā

  1. (transitive) to catch

DescendantsEdit

  • Saterland Frisian: fange
  • West Frisian: fange

ReferencesEdit

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

Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

ConjunctionEdit

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. 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 fá æscare
      alike to him whichever he may slay, whether friend or foe

Further readingEdit

Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

fā

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

ConjugationEdit

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 — — — — —

DescendantsEdit

PhuthiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

-fá

  1. to die

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

ScotsEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

fa

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

ShonaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

-fá (infinitive kufá)

  1. to die

Derived termsEdit

SothoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

VerbEdit

fa

  1. to give

South MarquesanEdit

South Marquesan cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : fa

EtymologyEdit

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.

NumeralEdit

fa

  1. four

Southern NdebeleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

-fá

  1. to die

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

fa m (plural fa)

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

Derived termsEdit

InterjectionEdit

fa

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

Further readingEdit

Sranan TongoEdit

Etymology 1Edit

AdverbEdit

fa

  1. how

ConjunctionEdit

fa

  1. as soon as

Etymology 2Edit

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

InterjectionEdit

fa?

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

SwahiliEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

-fa (infinitive kufa)

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

ConjugationEdit

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 termsEdit

Related termsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • -ua (“kill”)

SwaziEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

-fá

  1. (intransitive) to die

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

TsongaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

fa

  1. to die

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian fa

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fa (definite accusative fayı, plural falar)

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

TuvaluanEdit

Tuvaluan cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : fa

EtymologyEdit

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.

NumeralEdit

fa

  1. four

VendaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

VerbEdit

fa

  1. to die

VenetianEdit

NounEdit

fa m (invariable)

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

AdverbEdit

fa

  1. as, like

VolapükEdit

PrepositionEdit

fa

  1. by (indicating an agent)

West MakianEdit

ConjunctionEdit

fa

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

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

WestrobothnianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /foː/, /fɒː/, /fɑː/

Etymology 1Edit

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

VerbEdit

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 termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

AdjectiveEdit

fa

  1. Few.
Derived termsEdit

Wuvulu-AuaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

NumeralEdit

fa

  1. four

XhosaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

-fá

  1. (intransitive) to die

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived termsEdit

YorubaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

fà

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to pull
    mo fa aṣọ ― I pulled the clothes
  2. (transitive) to suck
  3. (intransitive) to subside, to reduce
    eéwó t'ó wú ti fà ― The boil that was swollen has reduced
  4. to draw, to sketch
    ó fa ìlà sórí ìwé ― He drew a line on the piece of paper
  5. to become sluggish
    ọ̀lẹ́ fà tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ ― The lazy person was sluggish at work
  6. to be elastic, to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw
    Synonym: yọ̀
    ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá fà ― This ewedu soup is mucilaginous
  7. (intransitive) to crawl
    bí ìgbín fà, ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e ― When the snail crawls its shell shall follow it
  8. (transitive) to cause, to bring about
    ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkún ― Too much suffering is the cause of weeping
  9. (transitive) to long for
    ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ fà mí ― I longed for those children
Usage notesEdit
  • fa before a direct object
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

fá

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

ZuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /fá/

VerbEdit

-fá

  1. (intransitive) to die

InflectionEdit

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 termsEdit

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