futi
- inflection offutia:
- third-personsingularpastindicative
- presentactiveindicativeconnegative
- second-personsingularpresentimperative
- second-personsingularpresentactiveimperativeconnegative
futi
- slip
- escape
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015)Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary,→ISBN
FromProto-Oceanic*pudi, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*punti, fromProto-Austronesian*punti. CompareFijianvudi,Arosihugi,Tonganfusi,Nukuorohudi,Rennellesehuti.
futi
- banana
Borrowed fromEnglishfoot.[1]
futi classIX (pluralfuti classX)
- foot(unit of length)
- ^Mugane, John M. (2015)The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press,→ISBN,page54: “The English-derived Swahili words for units of distance and time includefuti (foot),inchi (inch),kilometa (kilometer),maili (mile),yadi (yard), andsekunde (second), all spelled according to their Bantu adaptations.”
From*buti, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*butiʀ. CompareTagalogbutig.
futi
- wart
futi
- accusativesingular offut