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): /aˈfa/ [ʔʌˈfʌ]
• 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): /ˈafa/ [ˈʔʌfʌ]
• 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

• afã

A shared term across almost all languages and cultures of Volta-Niger languages. Compare Fon Fa, Yoruba Ifá, Igbo Afa, Aha.

• IPA^(key): /à.fá/, [à.f͈á]

àfá (definite singular àfá lá or àfáá, singular only)

1. oracle, divination
2. fortune-telling, especially in traditional Ewe contexts

• bokɔ
• demã

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “afa”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 130-2
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “afa”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 209
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “afa”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 11

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 (plural afa-afa)

1. (dialect) rice bran mixed with rice

• “afa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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:

  (file)

• 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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.fa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.fa]

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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?)

   Synonym: hatr

2. enmity; the state of being enemies with another person

Unknown.^[1]

afa f

1. (Pantelleria) bone^[2]

   Synonym: ossu

Borrowed from German Affe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.fa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: a‧fa

afa f

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

• afa in silling.org

Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

afa class V (plural maafa class VI)

1. injury, damage
2. misfortune, calamity

• 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