afã

See also: afa, áfa, 'afa, and àfà

Ewe

Etymology

Related to Akan ɔfa and Ga fã.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.fã́/, [à.f͈ã́]

Adjective

àfã́

  1. half, part

Noun

àfã́ (definite singular àfã́ lá or àfã́á, plural àfã́wó, definite plural àfã́áwó)

  1. half, part

Derived terms

  • afã kple afã (“half and half, nearly”)
  • afafãtɔ (“thousand”) (archaic, dialectal)
  • afãsinu (“half”)

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “afã”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 130-1
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “afã”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 89, 172
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “afã”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 11

Galician

Noun

afã m (plural afãs, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of afán

Further reading

  • “afã” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese afan, from Old Occitan afan, from afanar. Cognate with Spanish afán.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: a‧fã

Noun

afã m (plural afãs)

  1. eagerness, keenness
  2. effort

Further reading

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