lafo

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Etymology

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From Italian lava. The "v" was changed to "f" to differentiate from lavi (to wash). Compare French lave, German Lava, Polish lawa, Russian лава (lava).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlafo]
  • Rhymes: -afo
  • Hyphenation: la‧fo

Noun

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lafo (accusative singular lafon, plural lafoj, accusative plural lafojn)

  1. (volcanology) lava

Derived terms

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Samoan

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Noun

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lafo

  1. cloth used as gratuity for a talking chief