# fa
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Alternative forms

* fah

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (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
#### See also

* do
* la
* mi
* re
* so
* ti

### Etymology 2
#### Preposition

fa
* (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?

##### Derived terms

* fa shizzle

#### See also

* fa cai
* fa jin
* fa-la
* fi fa
* Pha̍k-fa-sṳ

### Anagrams

* AF, Af, af

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfa]
* Rhymes: -a

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

fa m (plural fas)
* (music) fa (fourth note of diatonic scale)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fa
* third-person singular present indicative of fer

#### Preposition

fa
* ago
    fa molts anys...many years ago...

#### Interjection

fa
* (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)
* to die

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -fera
* Nominal derivations:
** imfa (“death”)

## Czech
### Noun

fa
* Abbreviation of firma.

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fa
* Rhymes: -aː

### Noun

fa m (plural fa's, diminutive faatje n)
* (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
* (music) F (the musical clef or key)

#### Derived terms

* fasleutel

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

fa m (plural fa)
* (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)
* (music) fa (musical note)
* (music) F (the musical note or key)

### See also

* dó
* fa
* la
* mi
* re
* si
* sol

## Gothic
### Romanization

fa
* Romanization of 𐍆𐌰

## Hadza
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa/, [fʷa]

### Verb

fa
* to drink

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -fɒ

### Noun

fa (countable and uncountable, plural fák)
* tree (large woody plant)
    Meronyms: rügy, hajtás, vessző, gally, ág, törzs, gyökér, levél, lomb, korona, termés, gyümölcs
* wood (substance beneath the bark of the trunk or branches of a tree)
* (graph theory) tree (connected graph with no cycles)
* (computing theory) tree (recursive data structure)
* (attributive) wooden (made of wood)

#### Derived terms

* fácska
* fás → fáskamra, fáskosár, fásláda; fásít; fásul → fásult
* fátlan
* 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
* 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
* 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
* fából vaskarika
* nem esik messze az alma a fájától
* nem látja a fától az erdőt

### References

* ↑ Entry #829 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ fa in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### 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)
* 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, CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts:gurab Alba fá hainm don chrích sinthat that country’s name was Scotland
** 1939 [c. 13th century], “Bean ós mhnáibh cáich Cailleach Dé”, in Lambert McKenna, editor, Aithdioghluim Dána‎, 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

Simple copular forms :
| | | affirmative | negative | interrogative | neg. inter. |
| present/future ||||||
| main clauses | main clauses | is | ní | an | nach |
| relative clauses | direct | is | nach | – | – |
| relative clauses | indirect | ar, arb$^v$ | nach | – | – |
| other subordinate clauses | other subordinate clauses | gur, gurb$^v$ | nach | an | nach |
| past/conditional ||||||
| main clauses | main clauses | ba, b’$^v$ | níor, níorbh$^v$ | ar, arbh$^v$ | nár, nárbh$^v$ |
| relative clauses | direct | ba, ab$^v$ | nár, nárbh$^v$ | – | – |
| relative clauses | indirect | ar, arbh$^v$ | nár, nárbh$^v$ | – | – |
| other subordinate clauses | other subordinate clauses | gur, gurbh$^v$ | nár, nárbh$^v$ | ar, arbh$^v$ | nár, nárbh$^v$ |
| present subjunctive ||||||
| | | gura, gurab$^v$ | nára, nárab$^v$ | – | – |
Compound copular forms :
| base word | present/future | past/conditional |
| cá | cár, cárb$^v$ | cár, cárbh$^v$ |
| cé | cér, cérb$^v$ | cér, cérbh$^v$ |
| dá | – | dá mba, dá mb’$^v$ |
| de/do | dar, darb$^v$ | dar, darbh$^v$ |
| faoi | faoinar, faoinarb$^v$ | faoinar, faoinarbh$^v$ |
| i | inar, inarb$^v$ | inar, inarbh$^v$ |
| le | lenar, lenarb$^v$ | lenar, lenarbh$^v$ |
| má | más | má ba, má b’$^v$ |
| mura | mura, murab$^v$ | murar, murarbh$^v$ |
| ó (prep.) | ónar, ónarb$^v$ | ónar, ónarbh$^v$ |
| ó (conj.) | ós | ó ba, ó b’$^v$ |
| trí | trínar, trínarb$^v$ | trínar, trínarbh$^v$ |
$^v$ Used before vowel sounds :

### Etymology 2
#### Preposition

fa (plus dative, triggers lenition)
* Obsolete form of faoi (“under”).
* 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: /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
* third-person singular present indicative of fare

#### Adverb

fa
* ago
    Synonym: prima

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfa/$^°$
* IPA: (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)
* (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
* F (musical note or key)

## Japanese
### Romanization

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

## Kabyle
### Verb

fa (intensive aorist yettfay, aorist ifa, preterite ifa, negative preterite ifa)
* to yawn

## Lala (South Africa)
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Verb

-fá
* to die

## Latvian
### Noun

fa m (invariable)
* (music) fa, the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'.

## Luganda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Verb

fa
* to die

## Mandarin
### Romanization

fa (fa$^5$ / fa$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄈㄚ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠲎

### Romanization

fa
* Nonstandard spelling of fā.
* Nonstandard spelling of fá.
* Nonstandard spelling of fǎ.
* 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])
* reason, cause

#### Synonyms

* oyr

#### Derived terms

* cre'n fa
* gyn fa gyn oyr

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.

#### Noun

fa (plural fas)
* Alternative form of fo

### Etymology 2

From Old English fā, variant of fāh.

#### Adjective

fa
* Alternative form of fo

## Neapolitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa/
* Rhymes: -a

### Verb

fa
* third-person singular present indicative of fà

## Niuean
### 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
* 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)
* (Jersey) suit (clothing)

#### Synonyms

* suit

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Verb

-fá
* 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: /fɑː/
** Audio:(file)

### Noun

fa m (definite singular fa-en, indefinite plural fa-ar, definite plural fa-ane)
* (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
* 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: /ˈfaː/

### Verb

fā
* (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: [βa]

### Conjunction

fa (triggers lenition)
* (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
* to seize, take
* to get, receive

#### Descendants

* Swedish: få

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Verb

-fá
* to die

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Scots
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa/

### Pronoun

fa
* 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)
* to die

#### Derived terms

* rufu

## Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

### Verb

fa
* to give

## South Marquesan
### 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
* four

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Verb

-fá
* to die

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfa/ [ˈfa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: fa

### Noun

fa m (plural fa)
* fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)

#### Derived terms

* en fa
* ni fu ni fa

### Interjection

fa
* (Argentina) ew, phew (expression of disgust)
    Synonyms: puaj, guácala

### Verb

fa
* inflection of far:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
** second-person singular voseo imperative

### Further reading

* “fa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology 1

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

#### Adverb

fa
* how

##### Derived terms

* fa a waka

#### Conjunction

fa
* as soon as

### Etymology 2

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

#### Interjection

fa?
* hi; how are you?; how's it going?

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-fa (infinitive kufa)
* to die
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa
* 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 future | positive subject concord + -takufa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takufa |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Relative forms :
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
* (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.)

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

fa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰ)
* (intransitive) to yawn

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Tsonga
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Verb

fa
* to die

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Italian fa

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa/

### Noun

fa (definite accusative fayı, plural falar)
* (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
* F (musical note or key)

## Tuvaluan
### 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
* four

## Venda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Verb

fa
* to die

## Venetan
### Noun

fa m (invariable)
* (music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
* F (musical note or key)

### Adverb

fa
* as, like

## Volapük
### Preposition

fa
* by (indicating an agent)

## West Makian
### Conjunction

fa
* or
    win edeng fa iunge ― two days or three

#### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, 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
* four

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fá]

### Verb

-fá
* (intransitive) to die

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* umfi

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fà/

#### Verb

fà
* (transitive, intransitive) to pull
    mo fa aṣọ ― I pulled the clothes
* (transitive) to suck
* (intransitive) to subside, to reduce
    eéwó t'ó wú ti fà ― The boil that was swollen has reduced
* to draw, to sketch
    ó fa ìlà sórí ìwé ― He drew a line on the piece of paper
* to become sluggish
    ọ̀lẹ́ fà tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ ― The lazy person was sluggish at work
* to be elastic, to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw
    Synonym: yọ̀
    ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá fà ― This ewedu soup is mucilaginous
* (intransitive) to crawl
    bí ìgbín fà, ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e ― When the snail crawls its shell shall follow it
* (transitive) to cause, to bring about
    ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkún ― Too much suffering is the cause of weeping
* (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 | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ào | Ìdóàní | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́) | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | fà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | fà (to pull), lẹ̀ghẹ̀ (to cause, deceive) |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìsin LGA | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Ana | Sokode | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Aledjo-Koura | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Awotébi | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Partago | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Kambole | fà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Manigri | fà |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. ||||||

##### Derived terms

* afà
* ọfà
* àfọwọ́fà
* ìfà

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fá/

#### Verb

fá
* (transitive) to scrape or wipe off
    alápatàá fá awọ náà ― The butcher wiped off the skin
* (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: /fá/

### Verb

-fá
* (intransitive) to die

#### 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)”