kifa

See also: kífa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.fa/

Verb

kifa

1. third-person singular past historic of kifer

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kí.fàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [cɪ́.ɸàː]

Verb

kifā̀ (grade 1)

1. to turn upside down

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀kúa (“death”). By surface analysis, ki- +‎ -fa (“to die”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kifa class VII (plural vifa class VIII)

1. synonym of kifo (“death”)