fupi

See also: fūpí and fǔpí

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúpɪ́.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Adjective

-fupi (declinable)

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”)

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