Wiktionary

afi

See also: afí and AFI

Ewe edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

afi

  1. mouse

Ibanag edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, compare Malay api.

Noun edit

afi

  1. fire

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse afi, from Proto-Germanic *abô.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

afi m (genitive singular afa, nominative plural afar)

  1. grandfather

Declension edit

declension of afi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative afi afinn afar afarnir
accusative afa afann afa afana
dative afa afanum öfum öfunum
genitive afa afans afa afanna

Derived terms edit

Jamaican Creole edit

Etymology edit

'ave (“have”) +‎ fi (“to”)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈafɪ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧fi

Verb edit

afi

  1. 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 […]

Further reading edit

  • afi at majstro.com

Kom (Cameroon) edit

Adverb edit

afi

  1. there, (over) yonder (in a place away from yet visible to the speaker and listener(s))

References edit

  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *abô.

Noun edit

afi m (genitive afa, plural afar)

  1. grandfather

Declension edit

  Declension of afi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative afi afinn afar afarnir
accusative afa afann afa afana
dative afa afanum ǫfum ǫfunum
genitive afa afans afa afanna

Descendants edit

  • Faroese: avi
  • Icelandic: afi

See also edit

  • amma (“grandmother”)
  • edda (“great-grandmother”)
  • ái (“great-grandfather”)

References edit

  • “afi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Samoan edit

 
afi

Etymology edit

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.

Noun edit

afi

  1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Tokelauan edit

 
Te afi (1).
 
Nā afi (2).
 
Te afi (3).
 
Te afi (4).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *afi. Cognates include Hawaiian ahi and Samoan afi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈa.ɸi]
  • Hyphenation: a‧fi

Noun edit

afi

  1. fire
  2. match
  3. lighter
  4. engine, motor
  5. (colloquial) eyes

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 6

Tongan edit

Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

afi

  1. fire (oxidation reaction)

West Makian edit

Etymology edit

Possibly related to Ternate aha (“plantation”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

afi

  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. dirt
  4. cultivated field
  5. garden
    Synonym: piri

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[4], Pacific linguistics
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