shafa

Esperanto

Adjective

shafa (accusative singular shafan, plural shafaj, accusative plural shafajn)

1. H-system spelling of ŝafa

Hausa

Pronunciation 1

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

Verb

shāfā̀ (grade 1)

1. to rub, wipe, smear on

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʃàː.fáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃàː.ɸáː]

Verb

shā̀fā (grade 2)

1. to stroke, wipe
2. to affect, concern

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 182.

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 沙發／沙发 (shāfā), from English sofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂʰafa]

Noun

shafa

1. sofa
   • 2014, Wutun villagers, “Mani session 1”, in Interactive Inner Asia Project‎^[1]:

     Qiu yidiu-ma qi-ma shafa she-la zuo-she.

     Some can be seated in the sofa under the roof.

     (Transcriptions have been standardized per Wiktionary:About Wutunhua.)