Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúpɪ́

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.pi/

-fupi

1. short

This is one of the few proper adjectives in Chichewa which require both the particle of association and the pronominal concord: e.g. chachikulu, zazikulu, aakulu, kakakulu, etc.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúpɪ́ (“short”).

-fupi

1. short
2. low
3. shallow (water)
4. humble, meek

• omufupi (“short person”)
• uufupi (“shortness”)

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúpɪ́.

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-fupi (declinable)

1. short (having a small distance between ends or edges)

• -refu

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -fupisha

• Nominal derivations:
  • ufupi (“shortness, brevity”)