tuf

Translingual

Symbol

tuf

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Central Tunebo terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtuf]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -uf

Noun

tuf m (plural tufs)

1. foul odor, stench
2. (geology) tuff

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tuf”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “tuf”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “tuf”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʏf/
• Hyphenation: tuf
• Rhymes: -ʏf

Etymology 1

Clipping of tufsteen.

Noun

tuf n or m (plural tuffen, no diminutive)

1. tuff, tufa (porous volcanic rock)

Derived terms

• kalktuf

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tuf

Etymology 2

Perhaps from tuftuf.

Noun

tuf m (plural tuffen, diminutive tufje n)

1. (archaic) car, automobile

   Synonyms: auto, bak, wagen

Derived terms

• tuffen

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *tūβosder.

Oscanbor.?

Latin tōfusder.

Italian tufobor.

French tuf

Borrowed from Italian tufo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyf/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

tuf m (plural tufs)

1. (geology) tuff

Derived terms

• tufacé

Further reading

• “tuf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• tüf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyf/

Noun

tuf m (plural tuf)

1. sultry weather

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *tūβosder.

Oscanbor.?

Latin tōfusder.

Italian tufobor.

French tufbor.

English tuffbor.

Polish tuf

Borrowed from English tuff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uf
• Syllabification: tuf

Noun

tuf m inan (related adjective tufowy)

1. (geology) tuff

Declension

Declension of tuf

	singular	plural
nominative	tuf	tufy
genitive	tufu	tufów
dative	tufowi	tufom
accusative	tuf	tufy
instrumental	tufem	tufami
locative	tufie	tufach
vocative	tufie	tufy

Related terms

noun

• tufit

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tuf.

Noun

tuf n (plural tufuri)

1. tuff

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tuf	tuful	tufuri	tufurile
genitive-dative	tuf	tufului	tufuri	tufurilor
vocative	tufule		tufurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tufo, from Latin tofus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tûf/

Noun

tȕf m inan (Cyrillic spelling ту̏ф)

1. tuff, tufa

References

• “tuf”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *tuf- (“to spit”). Compare Egyptian tf.

Cognate with Garre tuf, Rendille tuf, Baiso tufano, Oromo tufuu, Afar tufó, Burji tufa, Sidamo tufa, Tsamai tuf.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈtūf/

Verb

tuf (causative tufi, passive tufan, middle tufo)

1. (transitive) spit

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʉ́f/

Verb

tüf

1. third-person masculine singular independent past of tuf

References

• “tuf”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012