"mfu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-mfu.flac [Kenya] Forms: wafu [class-ii, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *mufu̧, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kúʊ̀. By surface analysis, m- + -fa (“to die”) + -u. In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian mfu and Giryama mufu. Other Bantu cognates include Rwanda-Rundi umupfu. Etymology templates: {{etymon|sw|:inh|bnt-sab-pro:*mufu̧|nodot=y|text=+}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-kú-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-kúa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-ʊ̀", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*mʊ̀kúʊ̀", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "id" : "class 1", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "class 1 noun", "status" : { "1" : "bnt-pro", "id" : "class 1 noun", "pos" : "prefix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*mʊ̀-", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*mu-", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-fwa", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : [ "bnt-pro", ":inh", "alv-pro:*kwwú-", ":root", "*-kú-" ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-kúa", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*fwa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-u", "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "By surface analysis,", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix", "is_invisible" : "tree" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*mufu̧", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "mfu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="mfu"> Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *mufu̧, {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀kúʊ̀}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kúʊ̀, {{surf|sw|m-<id:class 1 noun>|fa<alt:-fa><t:to die>|<alt:-u>}} By surface analysis, m- + -fa (“to die”) + -u, {{cog|zdj|mfu}} Ngazidja Comorian mfu, {{cog|nyf|mufu}} Giryama mufu, {{cog|rw|umupfu}} Rwanda-Rundi umupfu Head templates: {{sw-noun|m-wa}} mfu class I (plural wafu class II)
  1. corpse, dead person Tags: class-i Synonyms: maiti, kimba

Symbol [Translingual]

Etymology: Abbreviation of English Mbwela Luchazi with f as a placeholder. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|mul|en:Mbwela Luchazi}} Abbreviation of English Mbwela Luchazi Head templates: {{mul-symbol/script|Latn}} Latn, {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|image=|nolinkhead=|sc=Latn|sort=}} mfu, {{mul-symbol}} mfu
  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mbwela. Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mbwela terms

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.