funga

English

Etymology 1

Noun

funga (uncountable)

1. The fungi of a specific region, habitat, or geological period.

   Coordinate terms: fauna, flora

Etymology 2

Noun

funga (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of fungee (“cornmeal dish”).

Anagrams

• fuang

Galician

Verb

funga

1. inflection of fungar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

funga

1. inflection of fungere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Lingala

Etymology

See the Lingala verb fúnga.

Verb

funga

1. to close

Portuguese

Verb

funga

1. inflection of fungar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sango

Verb

funga

1. to close

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-fu̧nga, from Common Bantu *-túnga. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -funga and Giryama -funga.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-funga (infinitive kufunga)

1. to close, fasten, lock up
2. to tie, tie up
3. to jail, lock up
4. (sports) to score a goal
5. to fast (to abstain from food)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -funga
Positive present -nafunga Subjunctive -funge Negative -fungi Imperative singular funga
Infinitives
Positive kufunga Negative kutofunga
Imperatives
Singular funga Plural fungeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufunga Positive past positive subject concord + -lifunga Negative past negative subject concord + -kufunga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafunga) Singular Plural 1st person ninafunga/nafunga tunafunga 2nd person unafunga mnafunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafunga wanafunga other classes positive subject concord + -nafunga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungi) Singular Plural 1st person sifungi hatufungi 2nd person hufungi hamfungi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafungi hawafungi other classes negative subject concord + -fungi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafunga Negative future negative subject concord + -tafunga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -funge) Singular Plural 1st person nifunge tufunge 2nd person ufunge mfunge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afunge wafunge other classes positive subject concord + -funge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifunge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefunga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefunga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifunga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifunga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afunga) Singular Plural 1st person nafunga twafunga 2nd person wafunga mwafunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afunga wafunga m-mi(III/IV) wafunga yafunga ji-ma(V/VI) lafunga yafunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafunga vyafunga n(IX/X) yafunga zafunga u(XI) wafunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafunga pa(XVI) pafunga mu(XVIII) mwafunga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefunga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafunga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafunga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifunga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofunga Consecutive kafunga / positive subject concord + -kafunga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafunge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifunga -tufunga 2nd person -kufunga -wafunga/-kufungeni/-wafungeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfunga -wafunga m-mi(III/IV) -ufunga -ifunga ji-ma(V/VI) -lifunga -yafunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifunga -vifunga n(IX/X) -ifunga -zifunga u(XI) -ufunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufunga pa(XVI) -pafunga mu(XVIII) -mufunga Reflexive -jifunga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -funga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fungaye -fungao m-mi(III/IV) -fungao -fungayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fungalo -fungayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fungacho -fungavyo n(IX/X) -fungayo -fungazo u(XI) -fungao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fungako pa(XVI) -fungapo mu(XVIII) -fungamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -funga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefunga -ofunga m-mi(III/IV) -ofunga -yofunga ji-ma(V/VI) -lofunga -yofunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofunga -vyofunga n(IX/X) -yofunga -zofunga u(XI) -ofunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofunga pa(XVI) -pofunga mu(XVIII) -mofunga
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: -fungia
  • Causative: -fungisha
  • Conversive: -fungua
  • Passive: -fungwa
  • Reciprocal: -fungana
  • Stative: -fungika
  • Static: -fungama
  • Other formations: -funga safari

• Nominal derivations:
  • fungo
  • kifungo
  • mfunga
  • mfungaji
  • mfungo
  • ufungaji

Descendants

• → Lingala (C30B): -fúnga
• → Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -fūnga

Xhosa

Verb

-funga^?

1. to swear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.