refu

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dàìpú.

Adjective

-refú

  1. 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
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Adjective

-refu (declinable)

  1. long, tall; high
    Antonym: -fupi
  2. deep

Declension
Inflected forms of -refu
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mrefu
m-mi class(III/IV) mrefu mirefu
ji-ma class(V/VI) refu marefu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kirefu virefu
n class(IX/X) ndefu ndefu
u class(XI) mrefu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) parefu
ku class(XVII) kurefu
mu class(XVIII) murefu
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