tafel

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch tafel, from Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːfəl/
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Noun edit

tafel (plural tafels)

table

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Kwanyama: oshitafula
→ Phuthi: itafule
→ Sotho: tafole
→ Xhosa: itafile
→ Zulu: itafula
- Fanagalo: taful

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtaːfəl/
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Hyphenation: ta‧fel
Rhymes: -aːfəl

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”).^[1] Doublet of tabel.

Noun edit

tafel f (plural tafels or tafelen, diminutive tafeltje n)

table (item of furniture)
Synonym: dis
(metonymically) meal, spread on (a) table(s)
Synonyms: maaltijd, maal
(arithmetic) multiplication table
writing tablet
Synonym: tablet

Usage notes edit

The plural tafelen is today only used in the sense "writing tablet".

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Afrikaans: tafel (see there for further descendants)
Berbice Creole Dutch: tafl
Jersey Dutch: tâfel
Negerhollands: tafel, tavul, tawul, taul, taful, tavl, taefel
- → Virgin Islands Creole: tavul (dated)
Skepi Creole Dutch: tafl
→ Aukan: tafaa
→ Saramaccan: táfu
→ Sranan Tongo: tafra
- → Lokono: tafolo
- → Caribbean Hindustani: tafrá
- → Caribbean Javanese: tafrah, taprah
- → Kari'na: tapara
- → Trió: tafra

References edit

^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

tafel

inflection of tafelen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. imperative

German edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

tafel

inflection of tafeln:
1. first-person singular present
2. singular imperative

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