tifi

See also: tífí

Aukan

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo tifi, from English teeth.

Noun

tifi

1. tooth

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

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

Noun

tifi

1. girl

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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

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English teeth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.fi/

Noun

tifi

1. tooth

Derived terms

• tifidatra

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West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪i.ɸi/

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^[1], Pacific linguistics