shafa

Esperanto

Adjective

shafa (accusative singular shafan, plural shafaj, accusative plural shafajn)

  1. H-system spelling of ŝafa

Hausa

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ʃáː.fàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʃáː.ɸàː]

Verb

shāfā̀ (grade 1)

  1. to rub, wipe, smear on

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ʃàː.fáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʃàː.ɸáː]

Verb

shā̀fā (grade 2)

  1. to stroke, wipe
  2. to affect, concern

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 182.

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 沙發／沙发 (shāfā), from English sofa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂʰafa]

Noun

shafa

  1. sofa
    • 2014, Wutun villagers, “Mani session 1”, in Interactive Inner Asia Project‎[1]:
      Qiu yidiu-ma qi-ma shafa she-la zuo-she.
      Some can be seated in the sofa under the roof.
      (Transcriptions have been standardized per Wiktionary:Wutunhua entry guidelines.)
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