tefa'
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʿa, “to push, thrust”) with regular assimilation of /df/ to [tf] in inflected forms and subsequent generalisation of the unvoiced consonant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛfa/
- Homophone: tefgħa (except archaically)
Verb
tefa' (imperfect jitfa')
- to throw
Derived terms
- tefgħa