fua

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See also: fúa and fua'

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin faba.

Noun

fua f

  1. broad bean

Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

fua

  1. present subjunctive analytic of fuaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fua fhua bhfua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fua f

  1. definite singular of fu

Old Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of fo (“under (etc.)”) +‎ a (various meanings, see individual entries)

Pronunciation

Article

fua (triggers eclipsis)

  1. fo + a (“the”, neuter accusative singular): under (etc.) the

Determiner

fua

  1. fo + a (“his, its”, triggers lenition): under (etc.) his/its
  2. fo + a (“her”, triggers h-prothesis): under (etc.) her
  3. fo + a (“their”, triggers eclipsis): under (etc.) their

Pronoun

fua

  1. 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

Samoan

Noun

fua

  1. egg
  2. fruit

Derived terms

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu .

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-fua (infinitive kufua)

  1. to beat (against); to launder
  2. to husk
  3. to forge

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fua
Positive present -nafua
Subjunctive -fue
Negative -fui
Imperative singular fua
Infinitives
Positive kufua
Negative kutofua
Imperatives
Singular fua
Plural fueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufua
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafua/nafua tunafua
2nd person unafua mnafua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafua wanafua
other classes positive subject concord + -nafua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fui)
Singular Plural
1st person sifui hatufui
2nd person hufui hamfui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafui hawafui
other classes negative subject concord + -fui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fue)
Singular Plural
1st person nifue tufue
2nd person ufue mfue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afue wafue
other classes positive subject concord + -fue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afua)
Singular Plural
1st person nafua twafua
2nd person wafua mwafua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afua wafua
m-mi(III/IV) wafua yafua
ji-ma(V/VI) lafua yafua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafua vyafua
n(IX/X) yafua zafua
u(XI) wafua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafua
pa(XVI) pafua
mu(XVIII) mwafua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofua
Consecutive kafua / positive subject concord + -kafua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifua -tufua
2nd person -kufua -wafua/-kufueni/-wafueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfua -wafua
m-mi(III/IV) -ufua -ifua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifua -yafua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifua -vifua
n(IX/X) -ifua -zifua
u(XI) -ufua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufua
pa(XVI) -pafua
mu(XVIII) -mufua
Reflexive -jifua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fuaye -fuao
m-mi(III/IV) -fuao -fuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fualo -fuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fuacho -fuavyo
n(IX/X) -fuayo -fuazo
u(XI) -fuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fuako
pa(XVI) -fuapo
mu(XVIII) -fuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefua -ofua
m-mi(III/IV) -ofua -yofua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofua -yofua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofua -vyofua
n(IX/X) -yofua -zofua
u(XI) -ofua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofua
pa(XVI) -pofua
mu(XVIII) -mofua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Tongan

Pronunciation

Noun

fua

  1. fruit
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