fua

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fua

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-fu̧la, from Proto-Bantu *-túda (“to hammer, to forge”). Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -fua and Giryama -fula.

verb -fua · kufua · kutofua · fua · fueni

  1. to beat (against); to launder, to wash clothes
  2. to husk
  3. to forge

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"fua." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/fua. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fua. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/fua

Chicago

"fua." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/fua.

BibTeX
@misc{fua_2026,
  title = {fua},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/fua},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-fua.flac.