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tifi

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See also: tífí

Aukan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sranan Tongo tifi, from English teeth.

Noun

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tifi

  1. tooth

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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ti (small, little) +‎ fi (girl, woman)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tifi

  1. girl

Italian

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Noun

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tifi m pl

  1. plural of tifo

Verb

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tifi

  1. inflection of tifare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English teeth.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tifi

  1. tooth

Derived terms

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West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tifi

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    Synonym: kadu

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tifi (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tetifi metifi atifi
2nd person netifi fetifi
3rd person inanimate itifi detifi
animate
imperative nitifi, tifi fitifi, tifi

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics