tifi
See also: tífí
Aukan
Etymology
Borrowed from Sranan Tongo tifi, from English teeth.
Noun
tifi
- tooth
Haitian Creole
Etymology
ti (“small, little”) + fi (“girl, woman”)
Noun
tifi
- girl
Italian
Noun
tifi m pl
- plural of tifo
Verb
tifi
- inflection of tifare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English teeth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti.fi/
Noun
tifi
- tooth
Derived terms
- tifidatra
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪i.ɸi/
Verb
tifi
- (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