afa

afa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Afroasiatic languages.

Probably related to áf (“mouth”). Cognates include Somali afáaf and Saho afá.

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈfʌ/
• Hyphenation: a‧fa

afá

1. outside

afá f (plural afoofí f or afoofá f)

1. doorway
2. opening
3. forefront

• The plural afoofí is used in the southern dialects, whereas afoofá is used in the northern dialects.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌfʌ/
• Hyphenation: a‧fa

áfa

1. predicative of áf

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 33
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 37

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

afa

1. divination (clarification of this definition is needed)

afa

1. indefinite accusative singular of afi
2. indefinite dative singular of afi
3. indefinite genitive singular of afi
4. indefinite accusative plural of afi
5. indefinite genitive plural of afi

From Tobelo [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈafa/
• Hyphenation: afa

afa (first-person possessive afaku, second-person possessive afamu, third-person possessive afanya)

1. (dialect) rice bran mixed with rice.

• “afa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf, from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]. Cognates include Afar afa, Dahalo ʔáfo, Beja yēf, Oromo afaan, Somali af, Gedeo afo'o and Saho af, furthermore Amharic አፍ (ʾäf) and Arabic فَم‎ (fam).

afa m (plural afee f)

1. mouth

• Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 1

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.fa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -afa
• Hyphenation: à‧fa

afa f (plural afe)

1. sultriness, sultry weather, muggy weather

• afoso
• fare afa

• afa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From the uncommon Ancient Greek term ἁφή (haphḗ, “fine dust sprinkled on the body during athletic contests”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.fa/, [ˈäfä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.fa/, [ˈäːfä]

afa f (genitive afae); first declension

1. dust
   • (Can we date this quote?), Passio sanctarum perpetuae et felicitatis, book ten, quoted in Thomas J. Heffernan's The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity:

     Et expoliata sum, et facta sum masculus, et coeperunt me favisores mei oleo defricare, quomodo solent in agone; et illum contra Egyptium video in afa voluntantem.

First-declension noun.

• afa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Hyphenation: āf‧a

afa f

1. hatred (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. enmity; the state of being enemies with another person

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• (hatred): hatr

Borrowed from German Affe, from Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

afa f

1. ape, monkey
2. (colloquial) silly face
3. (vulgar) cunt, pussy, snatch (female genitalia)

Borrowed from Arabic آفَة‎ (ʾāfa).

• Audio (Kenya)

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afa (ma class, plural maafa)

1. injury, damage
2. misfortune, calamity

• The Kamusi Project

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.fa]

afa

1. sentence-final negative imperative particle; do not!

   notego ka ge afa ― (you) do not sit there!

   niwosa toma hito afa ― (you all) do not enter the kitchen!

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh