tifi

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Aukan

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo tifi, from English teeth.

Noun

tifi

  1. tooth

Haitian Creole

Etymology

ti (small, little) +‎ fi (girl, woman)

Pronunciation

Noun

tifi

  1. girl

Italian

Noun

tifi m pl

  1. plural of tifo

Verb

tifi

  1. inflection of tifare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English teeth.

Pronunciation

Noun

tifi

  1. tooth

Derived terms

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

tifi

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    Synonym: kadu

Conjugation

Conjugation of tifi (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tetifi metifi atifi
2nd person netifi fetifi
3rd person inanimate itifi detifi
animate
imperative nitifi, tifi fitifi, tifi

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics