# efa
## Translingual
### Symbol

efa
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Efai.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Efai terms

## Amis
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

efa
* horse

### References

* “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* ef
* efe (Valencia)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.fə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈe.fa]

### Noun

efa f (plural efes)
* The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Hindi अफई (aphaī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈefɑ/, [ˈe̞fɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -efɑ
* Hyphenation: efa

### Noun

efa
* saw-scaled viper, Indian saw-scaled viper, little Indian viper (Echis carinatus)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of efa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
efani
efani
accusative
nom.
efani
efani
gen.
efani
genitive
efani
efojeni efaini $^{rare}$
partitive
efaani
efojani
inessive
efassani
efoissani
elative
efastani
efoistani
illative
efaani
efoihini
adessive
efallani
efoillani
ablative
efaltani
efoiltani
allative
efalleni
efoilleni
essive
efanani
efoinani
translative
efakseni
efoikseni
abessive
efattani
efoittani
instructive
comitative
—efoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
efasi
efasi
accusative
nom.
efasi
efasi
gen.
efasi
genitive
efasi
efojesi efaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
efaasi
efojasi
inessive
efassasi
efoissasi
elative
efastasi
efoistasi
illative
efaasi
efoihisi
adessive
efallasi
efoillasi
ablative
efaltasi
efoiltasi
allative
efallesi
efoillesi
essive
efanasi
efoinasi
translative
efaksesi
efoiksesi
abessive
efattasi
efoittasi
instructive
comitative
—efoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
efamme
efamme
accusative
nom.
efamme
efamme
gen.
efamme
genitive
efamme
efojemme efaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
efaamme
efojamme
inessive
efassamme
efoissamme
elative
efastamme
efoistamme
illative
efaamme
efoihimme
adessive
efallamme
efoillamme
ablative
efaltamme
efoiltamme
allative
efallemme
efoillemme
essive
efanamme
efoinamme
translative
efaksemme
efoiksemme
abessive
efattamme
efoittamme
instructive
comitative
—efoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
efanne
efanne
accusative
nom.
efanne
efanne
gen.
efanne
genitive
efanne
efojenne efainne $^{rare}$
partitive
efaanne
efojanne
inessive
efassanne
efoissanne
elative
efastanne
efoistanne
illative
efaanne
efoihinne
adessive
efallanne
efoillanne
ablative
efaltanne
efoiltanne
allative
efallenne
efoillenne
essive
efananne
efoinanne
translative
efaksenne
efoiksenne
abessive
efattanne
efoittanne
instructive
comitative
—efoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
efansa
efansa
accusative
nom.
efansa
efansa
gen.
efansa
genitive
efansa
efojensa efainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
efaansa
efojaan efojansa
inessive
efassaan efassansa
efoissaan efoissansa
elative
efastaan efastansa
efoistaan efoistansa
illative
efaansa
efoihinsa
adessive
efallaan efallansa
efoillaan efoillansa
ablative
efaltaan efaltansa
efoiltaan efoiltansa
allative
efalleen efallensa
efoilleen efoillensa
essive
efanaan efanansa
efoinaan efoinansa
translative
efakseen efaksensa
efoikseen efoiksensa
abessive
efattaan efattansa
efoittaan efoittansa
instructive
comitative
—efoineen efoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* pyramidikyy

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛːva/
    Rhymes: -ɛːva
    Homophone: Eva

### Verb

efa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative efaði, supine efað)
* to doubt

#### Conjugation
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֵיפָה (eifá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.fa/
* Rhymes: -ɛfa
* Hyphenation: è‧fa

### Noun

efa f (plural efe)
* (historical units of measure) ephah

### Further reading

* efa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* afe

## Murui Huitoto

efa :
| Root | Classifier |
| efa- | -fa |

### Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto efa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛɸa]
* Hyphenation: e‧fa

### Noun

efa
* macaw

#### Declension
### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 75
* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 220

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Eppich.

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈɛ.fa/

### Noun

efa f
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Synonym of bluszcz

### Further reading

* Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “efa”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 301