afi
EweEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
afi
IbanagEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, compare Malay api.
NounEdit
afi
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse afi, from Proto-Germanic *abô.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
afi m (genitive singular afa, nominative plural afar)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Jamaican CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
afi
- Alternative spelling of haffi; have to; must
- 2020 December 29, Andre Williams, “Rose Town Man Killed While Preparing Christmas Meal - Three Murdered On Christmas, Boxing Days”, in Jamaica Gleaner[1] (in English):
- “We in fear of we life, but we afi stay […] ”
- We're in fear of our life, but we have to stay […]
Kom (Cameroon)Edit
AdverbEdit
afi
ReferencesEdit
- Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *abô.
NounEdit
afi m (genitive afa, plural afar)
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “afi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
SamoanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.
NounEdit
afi
- fire (oxidation reaction)
TokelauanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *afi. Cognates include Hawaiian ahi and Samoan afi.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
afi
ReferencesEdit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 6
TonganEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
afi
- fire (oxidation reaction)
West MakianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Possibly related to Ternate aha (“plantation”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
afi
ReferencesEdit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[], Pacific linguistics
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[], Pacific linguistics