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From Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (“to give”). Compare Malay beri (“give”).
feli
- to give
“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis][1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021
By surface analysis, feil + -i.
feli (not comparable)
- (grammar) verbal
fēlī
- dative singular of fēlēs
Borrowed from English fail.
-feli (infinitive kufeli)
- to fail (not succeed)
- Antonym: -fanikiwa
| Conjugation of -feli
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| Positive present
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-nafeli
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| Subjunctive
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-feli
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| Negative
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-feli
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| Imperative singular
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feli
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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hufeli
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifeli
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufeli
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafeli)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninafeli/nafeli
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tunafeli
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| 2nd person
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unafeli
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mnafeli
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafeli
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wanafeli
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafeli
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -feli)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sifeli
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hatufeli
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| 2nd person
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hufeli
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hamfeli
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafeli
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hawafeli
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -feli
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafeli
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafeli
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -feli)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nifeli
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tufeli
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| 2nd person
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ufeli
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mfeli
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afeli
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wafeli
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -feli
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifeli
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefeli
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefeli
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifeli
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifeli
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefeli
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafeli
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafeli
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifeli
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofeli
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| Consecutive
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kafeli / positive subject concord + -kafeli
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafeli
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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