fumua

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fumua

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Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-fu̧mula. By surface analysis, -fuma + -ua (conversive). Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -fumua and Giryama -fumula.

verb -fumua · kufumua · kutofumua · fumua · fumueni

  1. conversive Conversive form of -fuma: to unstitch, disentangle
  2. to unravel
  3. to remove

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

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

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

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@misc{fumua_2026,
  title = {fumua},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/fumua},
  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-fumua.flac.