tifi

See also: tífí

Aukan

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo tifi, from English teeth.

Noun

tifi

  1. tooth

Haitian Creole

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tifi/

Noun

tifi

  1. girl

Italian

Noun

tifi m pl

  1. plural of tifo

Verb

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

Etymology

From English teeth.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈti.fi/

Noun

tifi

  1. tooth

Derived terms
  • tifidatra

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪i.ɸi/

Verb

tifi

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    Synonym: kadu

Conjugation
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
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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