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	warefu
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