pufa

See also: PUFA and pufą

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

English puffbor.

Esperanto pufo

Proto-Italic *-jezi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īre

French -irbor.?

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Latin -īre

Spanish -irbor.?

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -īre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ir

Portuguese -irbor.?

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Latin -ire

Italian -irebor.?

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Latin -iō

Romanian -ibor.?

Esperanto -i

Esperanto pufi

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto pufa

From pufi + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpufa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: pu‧fa

Adjective

pufa (accusative singular pufan, plural pufaj, accusative plural pufajn)

1. inflated, puffy

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: pu‧fa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pouf.

Noun

pufa f (diminutive pufka)

1. (proscribed) nonstandard form of puf

   Hypernym: taboret

Declension

Declension of pufa

	singular	plural
nominative	pufa	pufy
genitive	pufy	puf
dative	pufie	pufom
accusative	pufę	pufy
instrumental	pufą	pufami
locative	pufie	pufach
vocative	pufo	pufy

Derived terms

adjective

• pufowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pufa m inan

1. genitive singular of puf

Further reading

• “pufa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)