afi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æfɪ/

Noun

afi

1. mouse

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, compare Malay api.

Noun

afi

1. fire

Etymology

From Old Norse afi, from Proto-Germanic *abô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːvɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːvɪ

Noun

afi m (genitive singular afa, nominative plural afar)

1. grandfather

Etymology

'ave (“have”) +‎ fi (“to”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafɪ/
• Hyphenation: a‧fi

Verb

afi

1. Alternative spelling of haffi; have to; must
   • 2020 December 29, Andre Williams, “Rose Town Man Killed While Preparing Christmas Meal - Three Murdered On Christmas, Boxing Days”, in Jamaica Gleaner‎ (in English):

     “We in fear of we life, but we afi stay […] ”

     We're in fear of our life, but we have to stay […]

Further reading

• afi at majstro.com

Adverb

afi

1. there, (over) yonder (in a place away from yet visible to the speaker and listener(s))

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abô.

Noun

afi m (genitive afa, plural afar)

1. grandfather

See also

• amma (“grandmother”)
• edda (“great-grandmother”)
• ái (“great-grandfather”)

References

• “afi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

afi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi. Cognates include Hawaiian ahi and Samoan afi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɸi]
• Hyphenation: a‧fi

Noun

afi

1. fire
2. match
3. lighter
4. engine, motor
5. (colloquial) eyes

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 6

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fi/

Noun

afi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Etymology

Possibly related to Ternate aha (“plantation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɸi/

Noun

afi

1. earth
2. ground
3. dirt
4. cultivated field
5. garden

   Synonym: piri

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics