rufa

See also: rufă

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin rūfus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrufa]

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Hyphenation: ru‧fa

Adjective

rufa (accusative singular rufan, plural rufaj, accusative plural rufajn)

1. ginger, russet

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈru.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈru.fa]

Etymology 1

Back-formation from arrufar

Noun

rufa f (plural rufes)

1. wrinkle, pucker

   Synonyms: bossa, arruga

Etymology 2

Perhaps from rufaga.

Noun

rufa f (plural rufes)

1. snowstorm

Derived terms

• rufejar
• rufera

 

Related terms

• rufagada

Further reading

• “rufa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.fa/
• Rhymes: -ufa
• Hyphenation: rù‧fa

Adjective

rufa

1. feminine singular of rufo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• rūfa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈruː.fa/, [ˈruːfä]
• rūfa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.fa/, [ˈruːfä]
• rūfā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈruː.faː/, [ˈruːfäː]
• rūfā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.fa/, [ˈruːfä]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) rūfa

1. inflection of rūfus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) rūfā

1. ablative feminine singular of rūfus

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch roef (“cabin, wooden cover, deckhouse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *krāpo-, *ḱrapo- (“roof”).

Noun

rufa f

1. stern (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Declension

Declension of rufa

	singular	plural
nominative	rufa	rufy
genitive	rufy	ruf
dative	rufie	rufom
accusative	rufę	rufy
instrumental	rufą	rufami
locative	rufie	rufach
vocative	rufo	rufy

Derived terms

adjective

• rufowy

 

Further reading

• rufa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rufa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Verb

rufa

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴌𐴟𐴉𐴝 (rufa) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

Noun

rufa (Hanifi spelling 𐴌𐴟𐴉𐴝)

1. silver

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrufa/ [ˈru.fa]

Adjective

rufa

1. feminine singular of rufo