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tufo

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tuˈfo/ [tʊˈfɔ]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧fo

Noun

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tufó f 

  1. spit; spittle

Declension

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Declension of tufó
absolutive tufó
predicative tufó
subjective tufó
genitive tufó
Postpositioned forms
l-case tufól
k-case tufók
t-case tufót
h-case tufóh

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tufo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French touffe, of Germanic origin; compare German Zopf (plait), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, braid), English top.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtufo]
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  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Hyphenation: tu‧fo

Noun

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tufo (accusative singular tufon, plural tufoj, accusative plural tufojn)

  1. tuft

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin tūfus, from tȳphus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tufo m (plural tufos)

  1. foul odor, stench

Etymology 2

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From Vulgar Latin *tofa, from tōfus.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tufo m (plural tufos)

  1. (geology) tuff

Etymology 3

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Probably from French or Old French touffe, this either from Late Latin tufus, from Proto-Germanic *þūbaz (whence English tuft), or from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.[3][4] Cognate with Spanish tojino.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tufo m (plural tufos)

  1. punch (tool) used by blacksmiths to bore the wooden shafts of axes, etcetera
  2. extreme of the axle that inserts into the wheel
  3. spigot
Derived terms
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Noun

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tufo m (plural tufos)

  1. flock of wool
  2. small piece of cloth attached to a main one

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tufo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “toba”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  3. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tufo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  4. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tojino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin tōfus, from Oscan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.fo/
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Hyphenation: tù‧fo

Noun

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tufo m (plural tufi)

  1. tuff

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From French touffe.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tu‧fo

Noun

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tufo m (plural tufos)

  1. tuft (bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base)

Further reading

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtufo/ [ˈt̪u.fo]
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Syllabification: tu‧fo

Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin tufus, from Late Latin typhus (a type of fever), from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Noun

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tufo m (plural tufos)

  1. foul odor, stench
    Synonyms: olor, hedor
  2. bad breath
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French touffe.

Noun

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tufo m (plural tufos)

  1. tuft, wisp (of hair)

Further reading

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