fupi

See also: fūpí and fǔpí

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúpɪ́.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

-fupi (declinable)

1. short (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Declension

Inflected forms of -fupi

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mfupi	wafupi
m-mi class(III/IV)	mfupi	mifupi
ji-ma class(V/VI)	fupi	mafupi
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kifupi	vifupi
n class(IX/X)	fupi	fupi
u class(XI)	mfupi	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pafupi
ku class(XVII)	kufupi
mu class(XVIII)	mufupi

Antonyms

• -refu

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -fupisha

• Nominal derivations:
  • ufupi (“shortness, brevity”)