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afo

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See also: AFO, afọ, afɔ, and Afo

Translingual

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Symbol

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afo

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eloyi.

See also

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Alemannic German

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Verb

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afo (past participle agfange, auxiliary haa)

  1. alternative form of afah (“to start, begin, commence”)

Fula

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Noun

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afo o (plural afɓe ɓe)

  1. (Adamawa) firstborn

References

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  • Tourneux, Henry; Boubakary, Abdoulaye; Gayaou, Hadidja-Konaï; Ousmane, Fakih (2020), Dictionnaire peul du corps et de la santé (Diamaré, Cameroun) (in French), Paris, retrieved 5 May 2023

Japanese

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Romanization

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afo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アフォ

Kom (Cameroon)

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Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

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afo

  1. thing, item, property

References

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  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lun Bawang

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Noun

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afo

  1. roof

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “afo”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 11

Malagasy

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afo

Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /afʷ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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afo

  1. fire (oxidation reaction)
  2. calamity

Further reading

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  • afo in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Niuean

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *afo,[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *yavo, from Proto-Oceanic *apon,[2] from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

Noun

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afo

  1. fishing line

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AFO”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  2. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[1], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 216–7
  • Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary‎[3], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 43

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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āfō

  1. inflection of āfōn:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *afo,[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *yavo, from Proto-Oceanic *apon,[2] from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

Noun

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afo

  1. fishing line

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AFO”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  2. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[2], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 216–7
  • Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 6

Sranan Tongo

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese avó, avô.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /afo/, [a̠fʊ̞], [ɑ̟fɔ̝]

Noun

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afo

  1. ancestor
  2. great-grandparent

West Makian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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afo

  1. lime (especially when eaten with betel nut)

References

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  • James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[4], Pacific linguistics
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