fa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fa"

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Translingual

Symbol

fa

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

English

Alternative forms

• fah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Noun

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

sol-fa

Translations

fourth note of a major scale

• Arabic: فَا m (fā)
• Basque: fa (eu)
• Czech: fa (cs)
• Dutch: fa (nl) m
• Finnish: fa (fi)
• French: fa (fr) m
• Galician: fa (gl) m
• Georgian: ფა (ka) (pa)
• Hindi: म (hi) (ma)
• Hungarian: fá (hu)
• Italian: fa (it) m
• Japanese: ファ (ja) (fa)
• Korean: 파 (ko) (pa)
• Latvian: fa (lv) m
• Macedonian: фа (fa)
• Russian: фа (ru) n (fa)
• Spanish: fa (es)
• Thai: ฟา (th) (faa)

See also

musical notes

• do
• la
• mi
• re
• so
• ti

 

other terms with "fa", etymologically unrelated

• fa jin
• fa-la
• fa shizzle
• fi fa
• Pha̍k-fa-sṳ

 

Etymology 2

Preposition

fa

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of for
   • 2000, Requiem for a Dream, spoken by Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto):

     Do ya wanna be a dope fiend fa krist’s sake?

Anagrams

• AF, Af, af

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfa]
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

Noun

fa m (plural fas)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fa

1. third-person singular present indicative 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!”)

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fa (infinitive kufá)

1. to die

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -fera

• Nominal derivations:
  • imfa (“death”)

Czech

Noun

fa

1. Abbreviation of firma.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fa
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

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

• fasleutel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Noun

fa m (plural fa)

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

Derived terms

• clef de fa

Further reading

• “fa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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)}

Gothic

Romanization

fa

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa/, [fʷa]

Verb

fa

1. to drink

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -fɒ

Noun

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

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

• fácska
• fás → fáskamra, fáskosár, fásláda;
  fásít; fásul → fásult
• fátlan

 

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• faalkotmány
• faanyag
• faarc
• faág
• faállomány
• faáru
• fababa
• fabalzsam
• fabatka
• fabáb
• faberakás
• fabetegség
• fabeton
• fabódé
• faburkolat
• facement
• facimbalom
• facipő
• facsavar
• facsemete
• facsiga
• facsiszolat
• facsoport
• fadarab
• fadarázs
• faderék
• fadongó
• fadöntés
• fadugó
• fadúc
• faecet
• faedény
• faeke
• faeper
• faesztergályos
• fafajta
• fafaragás, fafaragó
• fafejű
• fafeldolgozás, fafeldolgozó
• faforgács
• fafúvó → fafúvós
• fafűrész
• fafűtés → fafűtéses
• fagaras
• fagáz
• fagomba
• fagyapot
• fagyöngy
• fahamu
• fahang
• fahasáb
• fahatár
• faháncs
• faház
• fahegy
• fahéj → fahéjszínű
• fahíd
• fahordó
• faipar
• faiskola
• fajankó
• fakabát
• fakalapács
• fakanál
• fakard
• fakátrány
• fakereskedő
• fakereszt
• fakép
• fakéreg
• fakilincs
• fakitermelés
• fakín
• fakopáncs
• fakorona
• fakova
• faköpönyeg
• faköszörűgép, faköszörület
• fakötés
• fakupa
• fakutya
• fakúsz
• faláb → falábú
• faláda
• falemez
• falepárlás
• falevél
• falépcső
• faló
• famaró
• famegmunkálás
• famentes
• fametszés, fametszet, fametsző
• faméh
• famézga
• famozaik
• famunka → famunkás
• fanemesítés
• fanyelű
• fanyelv → fanyelvű
• fanyesés
• fanyűvő
• faodú
• faolaj
• faóriás
• fapad → fapados
• fapapucs
• fapárolás
• fapofa
• fapuska
• faputtony
• farablás
• farakás
• faraktár
• farész
• farontó
• farost → farostlemez → farostlemezgyár
• farönk
• fasor
• faszállítás
• faszeg
• faszent
• faszesz
• faszén → faszéngáz
• faszobor, faszobrász
• fatalp
• fatányér → fatányéros
• fatelep
• fatelítés
• fatemplom
• fatest
• fatetű
• fatornyos
• fatökű
• fatönk
• fatörzs
• fatuskó
• fatüzelés → fatüzeléses
• faúsztatás
• favágás, favágó, favágító
• faválaszték
• faváz → favázas
• favicc
• favilla

 

Compound words with this term at the end―tree species

• akácfa
• almafa
• aranyfa
• babérfa
• balsafa
• balzsamfa
• banánfa
• barackfa
• barkócafa
• bálványfa
• birsalmafa
• birskörtefa
• bocfa
• bodzafa
• bokrétafa
• borsófa
• bükkfa
• cédrusfa
• ciprusfa
• citromfa
• császárfa
• cserefa
• cseresznyefa
• cserfa
• datolyafa
• dinnyefa
• diófa
• ecetfa
• eperfa
• ezüstfa
• ébenfa
• égerfa
• fahéjfa
• fenyőfa
• fügefa
• fűzfa
• gesztenyefa
• gubacsfa
• gumifa
• gyertyánfa
• gyümölcsfa
• hársfa
• hólyagfa
• istenfa
• jávorfa
• jegenyefa
• juharfa
• júdásfa
• kajszibarackfa
• kaucsukfa
• kámforfa
• kányafa
• kenyérfa
• kékfa
• kininfa
• kínafa
• körtefa
• kőrisfa
• lepényfa
• licsifa
• liliomfa
• majomkenyérfa
• mandulafa
• mangófa
• meggyfa
• mogyorófa
• narancseperfa
• narancsfa
• nyárfa
• nyírfa
• olajfa
• orgonafa
• ostorfa
• ostorménfa
• paliszanderfa
• parafa
• pálmafa
• rózsafa
• sárgabarackfa
• sárkányfa
• somfa
• sóskafa
• sörgyefa
• szederfa
• szelídgesztenyefa
• szilfa
• szilvafa
• szivarfa
• tiszafa
• tíkfa (formerly spelled teakfa)
• tölgyfa
• trombitafa
• tulipánfa
• uborkafa
• vadalmafa
• vadgesztenyefa
• vadkörtefa
• vasfa

 

Compound words with this term at the end―other

• ajtófa
• ajtófélfa
• ajtószárfa
• akasztófa
• akolófa
• alakfa
• aprófa
• ágasfa
• ágfa
• állásfa
• ászokfa
• bálványfa
• bányafa
• bélfa
• bitófa
• bútorfa
• családfa
• csapófa
• csántérfa
• csemetefa
• díszfa
• dongafa
• dorongfa
• elegyfa
• életfa
• épületfa
• fejfa
• félfa
• főfa
• főtefa
• fű-fa, fűnek-fának
• gallyfa
• gyámfa
• hagyásfa
• hajítófa
• hasábfa
• haszonfa
• határfa
• hámfa
• kandallófa
• kaptafa
• kapufa
• kapufélfa
• karácsonyfa
• karfa
• keményfa
• keresztfa
• kisafa
• konyhafa
• kopjafa
• korfa
• koszorúfa
• lármafa
• látófa
• lemezfa
• lombfa
• májfa
• májusfa
• mesefa
• mintázófa
• műfa
• nemzetségfa
• nótafa
• nyújtófa
• ollófa
• ostorfa
• ölfa
• párnafa
• piszkafa
• puhafa
• rénfa
• rovásfa
• rönkfa
• rúdfa
• sasfa
• sámfa
• sátorfa
• sefűsefa
• simítófa
• sodrófa
• sorfa
• stoppolófa
• süvegfa
• szarufa
• szálfa
• szárazfa
• származásfa
• szegélyfa
• szelemenfa
• szemöldökfa
• szerfa
• szerszámfa
• szégyenfa
• színfa
• szolgafa
• talpfa
• támaszfa
• támfa
• tilalomfa
• tömőfa
• törpefa
• törzsfa
• tüzelőfa
• tűzifa
• ujjafa
• ültetőfa
• ütőfa
• vakfa
• vállfa
• vánkosfa

 

Expressions

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

 

Further reading

• (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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• fá, ba, badh, budh

Particle

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 fá 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

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms Present/future Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses is ní an nach Direct relative clauses nach Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach Past/conditional Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter. Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv Present subjunctive Affirmative Negative gura, gurabv nára, nárabv		Compound copular forms Base word Present/future Past/conditional cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv dá dá mba, dá mb’v de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv má más má ba, má b’v mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv ó (prep.) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv ó (conj.) ós ó ba, ó b’v trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds

Etymology 2

Preposition

fa (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. Obsolete form of faoi (“under”).
2. Obsolete form of um (“about, concerning”).

Usage notes

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• fa', fai (imperative form only)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

fa

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

Adverb

fa

1. ago

   Synonym: prima

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fa m (invariable)

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

Japanese

Romanization

fa

1. The katakana syllable ファ (fa) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Kabyle

Verb

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

1. to yawn

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá

1. to die

Latvian

Noun

fa m (invariable)

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

Luganda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

fa

1. to die

Mandarin

Romanization

fa (fa⁵／fa⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄈㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠲎

Romanization

fa

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

Usage notes

• 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

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.

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

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa/
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

fa

1. third-person singular present indicative of fà

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

Norman

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Noun

fa m (plural fas)

1. (Jersey) suit (clothing)

Synonyms

• suit

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá

1. to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fɑː/

Noun

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 terms

• (scale of solfège): do, re, mi, fa, sol or so, la, ti, do

References

• “fa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Adjective

fā

1. Alternative form of fāh

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaː/

Verb

fā

1. (transitive) to catch

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: fange
• West Frisian: fange

References

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fá, ba, bá

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [βa]

Conjunction

fa (triggers lenition)

1. (in indirect interrogative clauses) or

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fa.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fa, ba, fo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 464, page 291; reprinted 2017

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

Descendants

• Swedish: få

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá

1. to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa/

Pronoun

fa

1. Doric Scots form of wha (“who”)

   Fa's this quine, en?

   Who's this girl, then?

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá (infinitive kufá)

1. to die

Derived terms

• rufu

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

Verb

fa

1. to give

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

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá

1. to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fa m (plural fa)

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

Derived terms

• en fa
• ni fu ni fa

 

Interjection

fa

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

   Synonyms: puaj, guácala

Further reading

• “fa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

fa

1. how

Derived terms

• fa a waka

 

Conjunction

fa

1. as soon as

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

fa?

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-fa (infinitive kufa)

1. to die

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa

2. to stop, come to an end

Conjugation

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

• 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”)
• ufu (“death”)

See also

• -ua (“kill”)

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

-fá

1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tarifit

Etymology

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

Verb

fa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰ)

1. (intransitive) to yawn

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

fa

1. to die

Turkish

Etymology

From Italian fa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa/

Noun

fa (definite accusative fayı, plural falar)

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

Tuvaluan

Tuvaluan 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

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Verb

fa

1. to die

Venetan

Noun

fa m (invariable)

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

Adverb

fa

1. as, like

Volapük

Preposition

fa

1. by (indicating an agent)

West Makian

Conjunction

fa

1. or

   win edeng fa iunge ― two days or three

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

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

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fá]

Verb

-fá

1. (intransitive) to die

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• umfi

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fà/

Verb

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 notes

• fa before a direct object

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - fà (“to pull, cause”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào	Ìdóàní	fà
		Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó	fà
		Ìdànrè	Ìdànrè	fà
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	fà
			Ìkòròdú	fà
			Ṣágámù	fà
			Ẹ̀pẹ́	fà
		Ìkálẹ̀	Òkìtìpupa	fà
		Ìlàjẹ	Mahin	fà
		Oǹdó	Oǹdó	fà
		Ọ̀wọ̀	Ọ̀wọ̀	fà
		Usẹn	Usẹn	fà
	Ìtsẹkírì		Ìwẹrẹ	fà (to pull), lẹ̀ghẹ̀ (to cause, deceive)
	Olùkùmi		Ugbódù	fà
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	fà
			Àkúrẹ́	fà
			Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	fà
		Ifẹ̀	Ilé Ifẹ̀	fà
		Ìgbómìnà	Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	fà
			Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	fà
			Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	fà
			Ìsin LGA	fà
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	Iléṣà	fà
		Western Àkókó	Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó	fà
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	Èbúté Mẹ́tà	fà
		Ẹ̀gbá	Abẹ́òkúta	fà
		Èkó	Èkó	fà
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	fà
		Ìbàràpá	Igbó Òrà	fà
		Ìbọ̀lọ́	Òṣogbo	fà
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	fà
		Oǹkó	Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	fà
			Ìwàjówà LGA	fà
			Kájọlà LGA	fà
			Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	fà
			Ṣakí West LGA	fà
			Atisbo LGA	fà
			Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	fà
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	fà
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	fà
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	fà
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé	Kabba	fà
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana	Sokode	fà
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	Cábɛ̀ɛ́	fà
			Tchaourou	fà
		Ìcà	Agoua	fà
		Ìdàácà	Igbó Ìdàácà	fà
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	fà
			Kétu	fà
			Onigbolo	fà
			Yewa	fà
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré	fà
			Atakpamé	fà
			Boko	fà
			Moretan	fà
			Tchetti	fà
		Kura	Aledjo-Koura	fà
			Awotébi	fà
			Partago	fà
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé	Kandi	fà
		Northern Nago	Kambole	fà
			Manigri	fà

Derived terms

• afà
• ọfà
• àfọwọ́fà
• ìfà

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fá/

Verb

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 terms

• ẹ̀fá
• fági
• fálọ́wọ́
• fárí (“to be bald”)
• fáwọ̀
• ìfá
• ìfábẹ̀lá (“index finger”)

 

Zulu

Etymology

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)”