refu
Shona
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-dàìpú.
Adjective
-refú
- long, tall
- Antonym: -pfupi
Inflection
Inflected forms of -refú
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Class 1 | murefú | Class 2 | varefú | ||
Class 3 | murefú | Class 4 | mirefú | ||
Class 5 | refú | Class 6 | marefú | ||
Class 7 | chirefú | Class 8 | zvirefú | ||
Class 9 | ndefú | Class 10 | ndefú | ||
Class 11 | rurefú | ||||
Class 12 | karefú | Class 13 | turefú | ||
Class 14 | urefú | ||||
Class 15 | kurefú | ||||
Locative classes | |||||
Class 16 | parefú | Class 17 | kurefú | Class 18 | murefú |
Note: Karanga and some Manyika dialects have refú in classes 9 and 10.
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-dàìpú.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective
-refu (declinable)
- long, tall; high
- Antonym: -fupi
- deep
Inflection
Inflected forms of -refu
Noun class | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
M-wa class | mrefu | warefu |
M-mi class | mrefu | mirefu |
Ma class | refu | marefu |
Ki-vi class | kirefu | virefu |
N class | ndefu | ndefu |
U class | mrefu | ndefu |
Pa class | parefu | parefu |
Ku class | kurefu | kurefu |
Mu class | murefu | murefu |