Catalan

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Etymology

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First documented in 1932; probably a regressive derivative of tifarada (piece of shit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tifa m (plural tifes)

  1. (vulgar) shit

Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tipper.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tīfā̀ f (plural tīfōfī, possessed form tīfàr̃)

  1. dump truck
  2. sand truck

Icelandic

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Verb

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tifa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tifaði, supine tifað)

  1. to tick (make a ticking sound, e.g. of a clock)

Conjugation

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈti.fa/
  • Rhymes: -ifa
  • Hyphenation: tì‧fa

Etymology 1

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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τύφη (túphē, a species of cattail).

Noun

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tifa f (plural tife)

  1. reedmace, bulrush, cattail (Typha latifolia)
    Synonym: stiancia

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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tifa

  1. inflection of tifare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Jamamadí

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Verb

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tifa

  1. (Banawá) to drink water

References

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ti‧fa

Noun

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tifa f (plural tifas)

  1. cattail (any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha)

Ternate

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dowongi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tifa

  1. the tifa drum, part of the tifa totobuang ensemble

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh