futa

See also: FUTA, futã, futā, fută, and ƒuta

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

futa (plural futas)

1. (slang) Clipping of futanari.

Anagrams

• UFTA, tufa

Albanian

Verb

futa

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of fut

Indonesian

Noun

futa

1. (colloquial, slang) futa; futanari

Japanese

Romanization

futa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふた

Kituba

Verb

futa

1. to pay

Lingala

Verb

futa

1. to pay

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic فُوطَة (fūṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.ta/

Noun

futa f (Gozo, archaic)

1. a piece of cloth kept at hand for wiping one’s hands during work (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Phuthi

Verb

-fúta

1. to inherit

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Sango

Verb

futa

1. to pay

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuta/ [ˈfu.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: fu‧ta

Noun

futa f (plural futas)

1. futa, futanari

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-futa (infinitive kufuta)

1. to abolish, delete, remove, obliterate
2. to wipe clean

Conjugation

Conjugation of -futa
Positive present -nafuta Subjunctive -fute Negative -futi Imperative singular futa
Infinitives
Positive kufuta Negative kutofuta
Imperatives
Singular futa Plural futeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufuta Positive past positive subject concord + -lifuta Negative past negative subject concord + -kufuta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafuta) Singular Plural 1st person ninafuta/nafuta tunafuta 2nd person unafuta mnafuta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafuta wanafuta other classes positive subject concord + -nafuta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -futi) Singular Plural 1st person sifuti hatufuti 2nd person hufuti hamfuti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafuti hawafuti other classes negative subject concord + -futi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafuta Negative future negative subject concord + -tafuta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fute) Singular Plural 1st person nifute tufute 2nd person ufute mfute 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afute wafute other classes positive subject concord + -fute
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifute Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefuta Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefuta Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifuta Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifuta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afuta) Singular Plural 1st person nafuta twafuta 2nd person wafuta mwafuta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuta wafuta m-mi(III/IV) wafuta yafuta ji-ma(V/VI) lafuta yafuta ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafuta vyafuta n(IX/X) yafuta zafuta u(XI) wafuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafuta pa(XVI) pafuta mu(XVIII) mwafuta
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefuta "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafuta "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafuta "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifuta "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofuta Consecutive kafuta / positive subject concord + -kafuta Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafute
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifuta -tufuta 2nd person -kufuta -wafuta/-kufuteni/-wafuteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfuta -wafuta m-mi(III/IV) -ufuta -ifuta ji-ma(V/VI) -lifuta -yafuta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifuta -vifuta n(IX/X) -ifuta -zifuta u(XI) -ufuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufuta pa(XVI) -pafuta mu(XVIII) -mufuta Reflexive -jifuta
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -futa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -futaye -futao m-mi(III/IV) -futao -futayo ji-ma(V/VI) -futalo -futayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -futacho -futavyo n(IX/X) -futayo -futazo u(XI) -futao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -futako pa(XVI) -futapo mu(XVIII) -futamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -futa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefuta -ofuta m-mi(III/IV) -ofuta -yofuta ji-ma(V/VI) -lofuta -yofuta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofuta -vyofuta n(IX/X) -yofuta -zofuta u(XI) -ofuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofuta pa(XVI) -pofuta mu(XVIII) -mofuta
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: -futia
  • Causative: -futisha
  • Passive: -futwa
  • Reciprocal: -futana
  • Stative: -futika

• Nominal derivations:
  • ufutaji (“deletion”)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfu.ta]

Verb

futa

1. (stative) to be tangled

Conjugation

Conjugation of futa

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofuta	fofuta	mifuta
2nd person		nofuta	nifuta
3rd person	masculine	ofuta	ifuta yofuta (archaic)
	feminine	mofuta
	neuter	ifuta

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Volapük

Noun

futa

1. genitive singular of fut