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Asturian
Verb
fira
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of firir
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German vürher, fürher, equivalent to fia + her. Compare archaic German fürher and Alemannic German füra.
Pronunciation
Adverb
fira
- ahead, forward (direction towards the speaker)
Usage notes
Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fēriae.
Pronunciation
Noun
fira f (plural fires)
- fair (community gathering)
Further reading
Galician
Verb
fira
- inflection of ferir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
fira
- inflection of fire:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
fira (present tense firar/firer, past tense fira/firte, past participle fira/firt, passive infinitive firast, present participle firande, imperative fira/fir)
- Alternative spelling of fire
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fēriae.
Noun
fīra f
- celebration
Descendants
Old Norse
Noun
fira
- accusative/genitive plural of firar
Portuguese
Verb
fira
- inflection of ferir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-fira (infinitive kufira)
- to sodomize, to have anal sex with
- Synonym: -lawiti
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -fira
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| Positive present
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-nafira
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| Subjunctive
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-fire
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| Negative
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-firi
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| Imperative singular
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fira
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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hufira
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifira
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufira
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafira)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninafira/nafira
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tunafira
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| 2nd person
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unafira
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mnafira
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafira
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wanafira
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafira
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -firi)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sifiri
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hatufiri
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| 2nd person
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hufiri
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hamfiri
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafiri
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hawafiri
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -firi
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafira
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafira
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fire)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nifire
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tufire
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| 2nd person
|
ufire
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mfire
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afire
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wafire
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -fire
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifire
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefira
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefira
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifira
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifira
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefira
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafira
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafira
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifira
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofira
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| Consecutive
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kafira / positive subject concord + -kafira
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafire
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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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Derived terms
Noun
fira (n class, plural fira)
- a poisonous snake
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin feriae (“festival, holiday”).
Verb
fira (present firar, preterite firade, supine firat, imperative fira)
- to celebrate, to honour, to observe (a holiday)
- to raise or lower using rope and block, to rope (up or down), to abseil, to rappel
Conjugation
Conjugation of fira (weak)
Related terms
See also
Anagrams
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
fira
- a sister in relation to a man, a man's sister
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh