fafa

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Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Possibly from the Lucanian substrate, from Proto-Italic *fafā ~ *fabā, whence Latin faba whence Neapolitan fava.

Noun

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fafa f (plural fafe)

  1. (Lucania, Apulia) broad bean
    Synonyms: fava, fafodda

Derived terms

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References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1378: “la fava” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Tarifit

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fafa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⴼⴰ)

  1. (intransitive) to fumble, to flounder
  2. (intransitive) to lose one's means, self-control

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • Verbal noun: afafi (fumbling)
  • Causative: sfafa (to disturb)

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fafa

  1. the midrib of a palm leaf

Descendants

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  • Manado Malay: mafafa (palm leaf midrib) (with Ternate possessive ma-)

References

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

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fafa

  1. the rays (class of fish)

References

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  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics (as fafá)