ifi

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ncúɪ́.

Noun

ifí class 9 (plural amafí class 6)

  1. fish, fish hook

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ipi.[1][2]

Noun

ifi

  1. A tree with edible nuts, the Tahitian chestnut, Inocarpus fagifer

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ifi2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 317-8

Tongan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.fi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *ipi.[1][2]

Noun

ifi

  1. A tree with edible nuts, the Tahitian chestnut, Inocarpus fagifer

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ifi2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 317-8

Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *ifi from Proto-Oceanic *upi (compare with Fijian uvi)[1][2]

Verb

ifi

  1. to blow with one's mouth
  2. to smoke (cigarettes, etc)

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ifi.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 297-8
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