tifa

Catalan

Etymology

First documented in 1932; probably a regressive derivative of tifarada (“piece of shit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈti.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈti.fa]

Noun

tifa m (plural tifes)

1. (vulgar) shit

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tipper.

Noun

tīfā̀ f (plural tīfōfī, possessed form tīfàr̃)

1. dump truck
2. sand truck

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek τύφη (túphē, “a species of cattail”).

Noun

tifa f (plural tife)

1. reedmace, bulrush, cattail (Typha latifolia)

Synonyms

• stiancia

Verb

tifa

1. third-person singular present indicative of tifare
2. second-person singular imperative of tifare

Anagrams

• fa'ti, fati

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Jamamadí

Verb

tifa

1. (Banawá) to drink water

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Portuguese

Noun

tifa f (plural tifas)

1. cattail (any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha)