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afu

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See also: AFU and āfù
Languages (14)
Translingual
Asturian • Crimean Tatar • Dela-Oenale • Japanese • Kom (Cameroon) • Kott • Portuguese • Sranan Tongo • Swahili • Ternate • Thao • Welsh • Yogad
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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Awutu with f as a placeholder, influenced by Efutu.

Symbol

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afu

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

See also

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈafu/ [ˈa.fu]
  • Rhymes: -afu
  • Syllabification: a‧fu

Noun

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afu m (uncountable)

  1. baby food
    Synonyms: papar, paparín

Further reading

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  • “afu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “afu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Crimean Tatar

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Other scripts
Cyrillic афу (afu)
Roman

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧fu

Noun

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afu

  1. forgiveness
  2. apology
    Synonym: (dialect) üzür

Declension

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Declension of afu
singular plural
nominative afu afular
genitive afunıñ afularnıñ
dative afuğa afularğa
accusative afunı afularnı
locative afuda afularda
ablative afudan afulardan

Derived terms

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References

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Dela-Oenale

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Noun

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afu

  1. dust

References

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  • Tamelan, Thersia (2021), A grammar of Dela: an Austronesian language of Rote, eastern Indonesia (PhD thesis)‎[1], page 471

Japanese

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Romanization

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afu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あふ

Kom (Cameroon)

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Adverb

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afu

  1. there, over there (in a place away from and not visible to the speaker or listener(s))

References

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

Kott

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Kottic *apʰu (“forge”, infinitive verb), derived from Proto-Yeniseian *apʰʌ (“heat”).[1][2]

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Verb

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afu (action nominal, finite afuâkŋ, afut̔âkŋ)

  1. forging, the act of forging; engaging in blacksmithing, the act of engaging in blacksmithing

References

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  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=24&root=config — with different glossing
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 59-60

Further reading

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  • Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 199
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 16
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 158

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Clipping of a fuder (“cool, nice; much, a lot”).

    Pronunciation

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    • Hyphenation: a‧fu

    Determiner

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    afu (invariable)

    2. (Rio Grande do Sul, slang, colloquial) much; many; a lot of; lots of
      Synonyms: muito, (Mozambique) bastante, maningue
      Tenho coisa afu pra fazer.
      I have many things to do.
      Choveu água afu.
      It rained a lot.
    4. (Rio Grande do Sul, slang, colloquial) too much; too many (an excessive amount of)
      Synonym: demais
      Não gosto daqui. Tem gente afu.
      I don’t like it here. There are too many people.

    Adverb

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    afu (not comparable)

    2. (Rio Grande do Sul, slang, colloquial) very; a lot; very much (to a great extent or degree)
      Synonyms: muito, bastante, (Mozambique) maningue, (informal) bem, (archaic) mui
      Te curto afu.
      I like you very much.
      Tá frio afu, piá.
      It is very cold, bro.

    Sranan Tongo

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /afu/, [a̠fu], [ɑ̟fu]

    Etymology 1

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    From English half and halve.

    Noun

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    afu

    1. half

    Adjective

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    afu

    1. half

    Verb

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    afu

    1. to halve

    Etymology 2

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    Possibly from English have to.

    Verb

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    afu

    1. must, to have to (auxiliary verb)

    Swahili

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    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from Arabic عَفْو (ʕafw).[1]

      Noun

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      afu class V (plural mafu class VI)

      1. forgiveness (of God)

      Etymology 2

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        Borrowed from Arabic عَفَا (ʕafā).

        Verb

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        -afu (infinitive kuafu)

        1. to save, pardon
        2. to cure
        Conjugation
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        Conjugation of -afu
        Positive present -naafu
        Subjunctive -afu
        Negative -afu
        Imperative singular afu
        Infinitives
        Positive kuafu
        Negative kutoafu
        Imperatives
        Singular afu
        Plural afuni
        Tensed forms
        Habitual huafu
        Positive past positive subject concord + -liafu
        Negative past negative subject concord + -kuafu
        Positive present (positive subject concord + -naafu)
        Singular Plural
        1st person ninaafu/naafu tunaafu
        2nd person unaafu mnaafu
        3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaafu wanaafu
        other classes positive subject concord + -naafu
        Negative present (negative subject concord + -afu)
        Singular Plural
        1st person siafu hatuafu
        2nd person huafu hamwafu
        3rd person m-wa(I/II) haafu hawaafu
        other classes negative subject concord + -afu
        Positive future positive subject concord + -taafu
        Negative future negative subject concord + -taafu
        Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -afu)
        Singular Plural
        1st person niafu tuafu
        2nd person uafu mwafu
        3rd person m-wa(I/II) aafu waafu
        other classes positive subject concord + -afu
        Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siafu
        Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeafu
        Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeafu
        Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliafu
        Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliafu
        Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aafu)
        Singular Plural
        1st person naafu twaafu
        2nd person waafu mwaafu
        3rd person m-wa(I/II) aafu waafu
        m-mi(III/IV) waafu yaafu
        ji-ma(V/VI) laafu yaafu
        ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaafu vyaafu
        n(IX/X) yaafu zaafu
        u(XI) waafu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
        ku(XV/XVII) kwaafu
        pa(XVI) paafu
        mu(XVIII) mwaafu
        Perfect positive subject concord + -meafu
        "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaafu
        "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaafu
        "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiafu
        "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoafu
        Consecutive kaafu / positive subject concord + -kaafu
        Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaafu
        Object concord (indicative positive)
        Singular Plural
        1st person -niafu -tuafu
        2nd person -kuafu -waafu/-kuafuni/-waafuni
        3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwafu -waafu
        m-mi(III/IV) -uafu -iafu
        ji-ma(V/VI) -liafu -yaafu
        ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiafu -viafu
        n(IX/X) -iafu -ziafu
        u(XI) -uafu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
        ku(XV/XVII) -kuafu
        pa(XVI) -paafu
        mu(XVIII) -muafu
        Reflexive -jiafu
        Relative forms
        General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -afu- + relative marker)
        Singular Plural
        m-wa(I/II) -afuye -afuo
        m-mi(III/IV) -afuo -afuyo
        ji-ma(V/VI) -afulo -afuyo
        ki-vi(VII/VIII) -afucho -afuvyo
        n(IX/X) -afuyo -afuzo
        u(XI) -afuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
        ku(XV/XVII) -afuko
        pa(XVI) -afupo
        mu(XVIII) -afumo
        Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -afu)
        Singular Plural
        m-wa(I/II) -yeafu -oafu
        m-mi(III/IV) -oafu -yoafu
        ji-ma(V/VI) -loafu -yoafu
        ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choafu -vyoafu
        n(IX/X) -yoafu -zoafu
        u(XI) -oafu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
        ku(XV/XVII) -koafu
        pa(XVI) -poafu
        mu(XVIII) -moafu
        Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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        Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

        Noun

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        afu class V (plural mafu class VI)

        1. blossoms of the wild jasmine used for perfume (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

        References

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        1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210 Nr. 1893

        Ternate

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        Etymology 1

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        afu

        1. Endospermum moluccanum

        Etymology 2

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        Verb

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        afu

        1. (transitive) to release, let go
        Conjugation
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        Conjugation of afu
        singular plural
        inclusive exclusive
        1st person toafu foafu miafu
        2nd person noafu niafu
        3rd
        person         		masculine oafu iafu
        yoafu (archaic)
        feminine moafu
        neuter iafu

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

        Thao

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        Pronunciation

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        afu

        1. rice

        Welsh

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        Etymology

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        From Middle Welsh avu, from Proto-Brythonic *aβʉ, from Proto-Celtic *awV-. Cognate with Breton avu, Cornish avi, Middle Irish áe.

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        Noun

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        afu m or f (plural afuau)

        1. (South Wales) liver
          Synonym: iau

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        Mutation

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        Mutated forms of afu
        radical soft nasal h-prothesis
        afu unchanged unchanged hafu

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Further reading

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        • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “afu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
        • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “afu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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        Noun

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        afú

        1. grandchild
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