"fupa" meaning in Chichewa

See fupa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfú.pa/ Forms: fúpa [canonical, class-5], mafúpa [class-6, plural], pfupa [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ìkúpà. Etymology templates: {{inh|ny|bnt-pro|*ìkúpà}} Proto-Bantu *ìkúpà Head templates: {{ny-noun|fúpa|5}} fúpa class 5 (plural mafúpa class 6)
  1. bone Derived forms: kafupa (english: small bone; Stereospermum kunthianum)
    Sense id: en-fupa-ny-noun-yNrPZX~p Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Anatomy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*ìkúpà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *ìkúpà",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *ìkúpà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fúpa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mafúpa",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pfupa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fúpa",
        "2": "5"
      },
      "expansion": "fúpa class 5 (plural mafúpa class 6)",
      "name": "ny-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ny",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ny:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "small bone; Stereospermum kunthianum",
          "translation": "small bone; Stereospermum kunthianum",
          "word": "kafupa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bone"
      ],
      "id": "en-fupa-ny-noun-yNrPZX~p",
      "links": [
        [
          "bone",
          "bone"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfú.pa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fupa"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "small bone; Stereospermum kunthianum",
      "translation": "small bone; Stereospermum kunthianum",
      "word": "kafupa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*ìkúpà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *ìkúpà",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *ìkúpà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fúpa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mafúpa",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pfupa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fúpa",
        "2": "5"
      },
      "expansion": "fúpa class 5 (plural mafúpa class 6)",
      "name": "ny-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa class 5 nouns",
        "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chichewa lemmas",
        "Chichewa nouns",
        "Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ny:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bone",
          "bone"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfú.pa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fupa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fupa meaning in Chichewa (1.1kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chichewa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-14 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). 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.