afa
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
afa
Afar edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably related to áf (“mouth”). Cognates include Somali afáaf and Saho afá.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
afá
Noun edit
afá f (plural afoofí f or afoofá f)
Usage notes edit
- The plural afoofí is used in the southern dialects, whereas afoofá is used in the northern dialects.
Declension edit
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
áfa
- predicative of áf
References edit
Ewe edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
afa
- divination (clarification of this definition is needed)
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
afa
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Tobelo [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
afa (first-person possessive afaku, second-person possessive afamu, third-person possessive afanya)
Further reading edit
- “afa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Iraqw edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf, from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]. Cognates include Afar afa, Dahalo ʔáfo, Beja yēf, Oromo afaan, Somali af, Gedeo afo'o and Saho af, furthermore Amharic አፍ (ʾäf) and Arabic فَم (fam).
Noun edit
afa m (plural afee f)
References edit
- Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 1
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
afa f (plural afe)
- sultriness, sultry weather, muggy weather
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- afa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the uncommon Ancient Greek term ἁφή (haphḗ, “fine dust sprinkled on the body during athletic contests”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
afa f (genitive afae); first declension
- dust
- (Can we date this quote?), Passio sanctarum perpetuae et felicitatis, book ten, quoted in Thomas J. Heffernan's The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity:
- Et expoliata sum, et facta sum masculus, et coeperunt me favisores mei oleo defricare, quomodo solent in agone; et illum contra Egyptium video in afa voluntantem.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Can we date this quote?), Passio sanctarum perpetuae et felicitatis, book ten, quoted in Thomas J. Heffernan's The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity:
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | afa | afae |
Genitive | afae | afārum |
Dative | afae | afīs |
Accusative | afam | afās |
Ablative | afā | afīs |
Vocative | afa | afae |
References edit
- afa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: āf‧a
Noun edit
afa f
- hatred (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- enmity; the state of being enemies with another person
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Synonyms edit
- (hatred): hatr
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.[1]
Noun edit
afa f
- (Pantelleria) bone[2]
- Synonym: ossu
References edit
- ^ Adolf Zauner (1903), “Die romanischen Namen der Körperteile [The Romance names for body parts]”, in Romanische Forschungen (in German), volume 14, issue 2, →JSTOR, page 348
- ^ Traina, Antonino (1868), “afa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4663
Silesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
afa f
Further reading edit
- afa in silling.org
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
References edit
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
afa
- sentence-final negative imperative particle; do not!
- notego ka ge afa ― (you) do not sit there!
- niwosa toma hito afa ― (you all) do not enter the kitchen!
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh