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Aukan
Etymology
Borrowed from Sranan Tongo tifi, from English teeth.
Noun
tifi
- tooth
Haitian Creole
Etymology
ti (“small, little”) + fi (“girl, woman”)
Pronunciation
Noun
tifi
- girl
Italian
Noun
tifi m pl
- plural of tifo
Verb
tifi
- inflection of tifare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English teeth.
Pronunciation
Noun
tifi
- tooth
Derived terms
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
tifi
- (intransitive) to sleep
- Synonym: kadu
Conjugation
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics