tifa

Catalan

Etymology

First documented in 1932; probably a regressive derivative of tifarada (“piece of shit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tifa m (plural tifes)

  1. (vulgar) shit

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tipper.

Noun

tīfā̀ f (plural tīfōfī, possessed form tīfàr̃)

  1. dump truck
  2. sand truck

Italian

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τύφη (túphē, “a species of cattail”).

Noun

tifa f (plural tife)

  1. reedmace, bulrush, cattail (Typha latifolia)

Synonyms

Verb

tifa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tifare
  2. second-person singular imperative of tifare

Anagrams

Jamamadí

Verb

tifa

  1. (Banawá) to drink water

References

Portuguese

Noun

tifa f (plural tifas)

  1. cattail (any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha)
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