# tufo
## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈfo/ [tʊˈfɔ]
* Hyphenation: tu‧fo

### Noun

tufó f
* spit; spittle

#### Declension
### References

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

## Esperanto
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtufo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ufo
* Hyphenation: tu‧fo

### Noun

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

## Galician
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtufo̝/

#### Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)
* foul odor, stench

### Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *tofa, from tōfus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtufo̝/

#### Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)
* (geology) tuff

### Etymology 3

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. Cognate with Spanish tojino.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtufo̝/

#### Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)
* punch (tool) used by blacksmiths to bore the wooden shafts of axes, etcetera
* extreme of the axle that inserts into the wheel
* spigot

##### Derived terms

* tufeira

#### Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)
* flock of wool
* small piece of cloth attached to a main one

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tufo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tufo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tufo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tufo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tufo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ 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
* ↑ 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
* ↑ 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
* ↑ 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
### Etymology

From Latin tōfus, from Oscan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu.fo/
* Rhymes: -ufo
* Hyphenation: tù‧fo

### Noun

tufo m (plural tufi)
* tuff

### Anagrams

* tofu

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From French touffe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu.fu/
* Hyphenation: tu‧fo

### Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)
* tuft (bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base)

### Further reading

* “tufo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtufo/ [ˈt̪u.fo]
* Rhymes: -ufo
* Syllabification: tu‧fo

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)
* foul odor, stench
    Synonyms: olor, hedor
* bad breath

##### Derived terms

* atufar
* tufillo (“whiff”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French touffe.

#### Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)
* tuft, wisp (of hair)

### Further reading

* “tufo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10