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Old Irish
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Etymology
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Univerbation of fo (“under (etc.)”) + a (various meanings, see individual entries)
Pronunciation
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fua (triggers eclipsis)
- fo + a (“the”, neuter accusative singular): under (etc.) the
Determiner
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fua
- fo + a (“his, its”, triggers lenition): under (etc.) his/its
- fo + a (“her”, triggers h-prothesis): under (etc.) her
- fo + a (“their”, triggers eclipsis): under (etc.) their
fua
- fo + a (“that which, what”): under (etc.) which/whom
- 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. 38c3
Derived terms
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Etymology
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From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
Pronunciation
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-fua (infinitive kufua)
- to beat (against); to launder
- to husk
- to forge
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -fua
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Positive present
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-nafua
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Subjunctive
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-fue
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Negative
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-fui
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Imperative singular
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fua
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Singular
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fua
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Plural
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fueni
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hufua
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifua
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufua
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafua)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninafua/nafua
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tunafua
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2nd person
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unafua
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mnafua
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafua
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wanafua
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafua
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -fui)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sifui
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hatufui
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2nd person
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hufui
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hamfui
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafui
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hawafui
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -fui
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafua
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafua
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fue)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nifue
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tufue
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2nd person
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ufue
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mfue
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afue
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wafue
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -fue
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifue
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefua
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefua
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifua
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifua
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefua
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafua
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafua
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifua
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofua
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Consecutive
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kafua / positive subject concord + -kafua
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafue
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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