afi

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See also: afí and AFI

Ewe

Pronunciation

Noun

afi

  1. mouse

Ibanag

Etymology

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

Noun

afi

  1. fire

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

afi m (genitive singular afa, nominative plural afar)

  1. grandfather

Declension

declension of afi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative afi afinn afar afarnir
accusative afa afann afa afana
dative afa afanum öfum öfunum
genitive afa afans afa afanna

Derived terms

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

'ave (“have”) +‎ fi (“to”)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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 (in English):
      “We in fear of we life, but we afi stay […] ”
      We're in fear of our life, but we have to stay

Further reading

  • afi at majstro.com

Kom (Cameroon)

Adverb

afi

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

References

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abô.

Noun

afi m (genitive afa, plural afar)

  1. grandfather

Declension

  Declension of afi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative afi afinn afar afarnir
accusative afa afann afa afana
dative afa afanum ǫfum ǫfunum
genitive afa afans afa afanna

Descendants

  • Faroese: avi
  • Icelandic: afi

See also

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

References

  • “afi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Samoan

afi

Etymology

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.

Noun

afi

  1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Tokelauan

Te afi (1).
Nā afi (2).
Te afi (3).
Te afi (4).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

afi

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

References

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

Tongan

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

afi

  1. fire (oxidation reaction)

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly related to Ternate aha (“plantation”).

Pronunciation

Noun

afi

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

References

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