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tifi

See also: tífí

Aukan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo tifi, from English teeth.

Noun edit

tifi

  1. tooth

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

ti (“small, little”) +‎ fi (“girl, woman”)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tifi

  1. girl

Italian edit

Noun edit

tifi m pl

  1. plural of tifo

Verb edit

tifi

  1. inflection of tifare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

From English teeth.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tifi

  1. tooth

Derived terms edit

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tifi

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    Synonym: kadu

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of tifi (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tetifi metifi atifi
2nd person netifi fetifi
3rd person inanimate itifi detifi
animate
imperative nitifi, tifi fitifi, tifi

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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