afi

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

• IPA^(key): /à.fì/, [à.f͈ì]

àfì (definite singular àfì lá or àfìà, plural àfìwó, definite plural àfìàwó)

1. mouse

• dzaka (“field mouse”)
• dzi (“large mouse”)

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “afi”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 135-141
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “afi”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 122
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “afi”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 11

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, compare Malay api.

afi

1. fire

From Old Norse afi, from Proto-Germanic *abô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːvɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːvɪ

afi m (genitive singular afa, nominative plural afar)

1. grandfather

• langafi

From 'ave (“have”) +‎ fi (“to”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈafɪ/
• Hyphenation: a‧fi

afi

1. alternative spelling of haffi; have to; must
   • 2020 December 29, Andre Williams, “Rose Town Man Killed While Preparing Christmas Meal - Three Murdered On Christmas, Boxing Days”, in Jamaica Gleaner‎^[3] (in English):

     “We in fear of we life, but we afi stay […] ”

     We're in fear of our life, but we have to stay […]

• afi at majstro.com

afi

1. there, (over) yonder (in a place away from yet visible to the speaker and listener(s))

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

From Proto-Germanic *abô.

afi m (genitive afa, plural afar)

1. grandfather

• Faroese: avi
• Icelandic: afi

• amma (“grandmother”)
• edda (“great-grandmother”)
• ái (“great-grandfather”)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “afi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

afi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

From Proto-Polynesian *afi. Cognates include Hawaiian ahi and Samoan afi.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɸi]
• Hyphenation: a‧fi

afi

1. fire
2. match
3. lighter
4. engine, motor
5. (colloquial) eyes

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 6

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

• IPA^(key): /a.fi/

afi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Possibly related to Ternate aha (“plantation”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɸi/

afi

1. earth
2. ground
3. dirt
4. cultivated field
5. garden

   Synonym: piri

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[5], Pacific linguistics
• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[6], Pacific linguistics