fafa

See also: fa·fa

Neapolitan

Etymology

Possibly from the Lucanian substrate, ultimately from Proto-Italic *fafā ~ *fabā, whence Latin faba, whence Neapolitan fava.

Noun

fafa f (plural fafe)

1. (Lucania, Apulia) broad bean

   Synonyms: fava, fafodda

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:fafa.

Derived terms

• fafodda

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1378: “la fava” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈfafa/ [ˈfaː.fɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -afa, (with nativization) -apa
• Syllabification: fa‧fa

Noun

fafa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (gay slang)

1. alternative form of papa (“daddy”)

Tarifit

Root
f-f (fumbling)
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [fɛ.fɛ]
• Syllabification: fa‧fa
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Verb

fafa (verbal noun afafi, Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⴼⴰ) (intransitive)

1. (Western) to hurry, to rush, to hasten
2. (Central) to fumble, to flounder
3. (Eastern) to grope, to search by touch

Conjugation

Conjugation of fafa

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle ifafan ifafan ififin yettfafan yettfifin singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m fafiɣ tfafid ifafa nfafa tfafam fafan f tfafa tfafant fafant perfective m fafiɣ tfafid ifafa nfafa tfafam fafan f tfafa tfafant fafant negative perfective m fifiɣ tfifid ififi nfifi tfifim fifin f tfifi tfifint fifint imperfective m ttfafiɣ tettfafid yettfafa nettfafa tettfafam ttfafan f tettfafa tettfafant ttfafant negative imperfective m ttfifiɣ tettfifid yettfifi nettfifi tettfifim ttfifin f tettfifi tettfifint ttfifint aorist imperative m fafa fafam, fafat f fafant imperfective imperative m ttfafa ttfafam, ttfafat f ttfafant injunctive m nfafat f nfafant

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.fa/

Noun

fafa

1. the midrib of a palm leaf

Descendants

• → Manado Malay: mafafa (“palm leaf midrib”) (with Ternate possessive ma-)

References

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

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸa.ˈɸa/

Noun

fafa

1. the rays (class of fish)

References

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics (as fafá)