jefi

Berbice Creole Dutch

Noun

jefi

1. food

References

• Silvia Kouwenberg, Berbice Dutch Glossed Texts (2013)

Cypriot Arabic

Root
j-f-y
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَافٍ (jāfin).

Adjective

jefi (feminine jefkye, masculine plural jefkín)

1. rough, dry, hard

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 185