# afa
## Translingual
### Symbol

afa
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Afroasiatic languages.

## Afar
### Etymology 1

Probably related to áf (“mouth”). Cognates include Somali afáaf and Saho afá.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈfa/ [ʔʌˈfʌ]
* Hyphenation: a‧fa

#### Adverb

afá
* outside

#### Noun

afá f (plural afoofí f or afoofá f)
* doorway
* opening
* forefront

##### Usage notes

* The plural afoofí is used in the southern dialects, whereas afoofá is used in the northern dialects.

##### Declension

absolutive
afá
predicative
afá
subjective
afá
genitive
afá
Postpositioned forms
l-case
afál
k-case
afák
t-case
afát
h-case
afáh :

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈafa/ [ˈʔʌfʌ]
* Hyphenation: a‧fa

#### Noun

áfa
* predicative of áf

### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 33
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 37

## Ewe
### Etymology

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

### Noun

afa
* divination (clarification of this definition is needed)

## Icelandic
### Noun

afa
* indefinite accusative singular of afi
* indefinite dative singular of afi
* indefinite genitive singular of afi
* indefinite accusative plural of afi
* indefinite genitive plural of afi

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Tobelo [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈafa/
* Hyphenation: afa

### Noun

afa (uncountable)
* (dialect) rice bran mixed with rice

### Further reading

* “afa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Iraqw
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf, from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]. Cognates include Afar afa, Dahalo ʔáfo, Beja yēf, Oromo afaan, Somali af, Gedeo afo'o and Saho af, furthermore Amharic አፍ (ʾäf) and Arabic فَم (fam).

### Noun

afa m (plural afee f)
* mouth

### References

* Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 1

## Italian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.fa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -afa
* Hyphenation: à‧fa

### Noun

afa f (plural afe)
* sultriness, sultry weather, muggy weather

#### Derived terms

* afoso
* fare afa

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Etymology

From the uncommon Ancient Greek term ἁφή (haphḗ, “fine dust sprinkled on the body during athletic contests”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.fa/, [ˈäfä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.fa/, [ˈäːfä]

### Noun

afa f (genitive afae); first declension
* dust
** (Can we date this quote?), Passio sanctarum perpetuae et felicitatis, book ten, quoted in Thomas J. Heffernan's The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity:
    Et expoliata sum, et facta sum masculus, et coeperunt me favisores mei oleo defricare, quomodo solent in agone; et illum contra Egyptium video in afa voluntantem.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* "afa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: āf‧a

### Noun

afa f
* hatred (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Synonym: hatr
* enmity; the state of being enemies with another person
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

## Sicilian
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Noun

afa f
* (Pantelleria) bone
    Synonym: ossu

### References

* ↑ Adolf Zauner (1903) “Die romanischen Namen der Körperteile [The Romance names for body parts]”, in Romanische Forschungen (in German), volume 14, number 2, →JSTOR, page 348
* ↑ Traina, Antonino (1868) “afa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4663

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Affe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.fa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -afa
* Syllabification: a‧fa

### Noun

afa f
* ape, monkey
* (colloquial) silly face
* (vulgar) cunt, pussy, snatch (female genitalia)

### Further reading

* afa in silling.org

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

afa class V (plural maafa class VI)
* injury, damage
* misfortune, calamity

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.fa]

### Particle

afa
* sentence-final negative imperative particle; do not!
    notego ka ge afa ― (you) do not sit there!
    niwosa toma hito afa ― (you all) do not enter the kitchen!

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh