"af" meaning in Afar

See af in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈaf/, [ˈʔʌf]
Etymology: From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-, from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]. Cognates include Oromo afaan, Somali af and Saho af, furthermore Amharic አፍ (ʾäf) and Arabic فَم (fam). Etymology templates: {{inh|aa|cus-pro|*ʔaf-}} Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-, {{inh|aa|afa-pro}} Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?], {{cog|om|afaan}} Oromo afaan, {{cog|so|af}} Somali af, {{cog|ssy|af}} Saho af, {{cog|am|አፍ}} Amharic አፍ (ʾäf), {{cog|ar|فَم}} Arabic فَم (fam) Head templates: {{head|aa|noun|||||||or||or||or||plural|afitté|or|afoofá|or|afoofí|or||or||f10accel-form=p|f10g=f|f11accel-form=p|f11g=f|f1accel-form=f|f2accel-form=m|f3accel-form=s|f3g=?|f4accel-form=s|f4g=?|f5accel-form=s|f5g=?|f6accel-form=s|f6g=?|f7accel-form=p|f7g=f|f8accel-form=p|f8g=f|f9accel-form=p|f9g=f|g=m|head=áf}} áf m (plural afitté f or afoofá f or afoofí f), {{aa-noun|áf|g=m|gpl=f|pl=afitté|pl2=afoofá|pl3=afoofí}} áf m (plural afitté f or afoofá f or afoofí f) Inflection templates: {{aa-decl|áf|áfa|áf|aftí}} Forms: áf [canonical, masculine], afitté [feminine, plural], afoofá [feminine, plural], afoofí [feminine, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], áf [absolutive], áfa [predicative], áf [subjective], aftí [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], áfal [l-case, with-postposition], áfak [k-case, with-postposition], áfat [t-case, with-postposition], áfah [h-case, with-postposition]
  1. mouth
    Sense id: en-af-aa-noun-TPNc-HQ1
  2. cutting edge
    Sense id: en-af-aa-noun-hnf8vaM9
  3. language
    Sense id: en-af-aa-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Afar entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afar entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: afaató, afqaró, aftíyta
Categories (other): Communication, Face Disambiguation of Communication: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Face: 0 0 0
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "aa",
      "name": "Communication",
      "orig": "aa:Communication",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "aa",
      "name": "Face",
      "orig": "aa:Face",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "afaató"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "afqaró"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "aftíyta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "cus-pro",
        "3": "*ʔaf-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "afa-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "afaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo afaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "af"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali af",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ssy",
        "2": "af"
      },
      "expansion": "Saho af",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "አፍ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic አፍ (ʾäf)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "فَم"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic فَم (fam)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-, from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]. Cognates include Oromo afaan, Somali af and Saho af, furthermore Amharic አፍ (ʾäf) and Arabic فَم (fam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "áf",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afitté",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afoofá",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afoofí",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aftí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "l-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "k-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "t-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "h-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "10": "",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "plural",
        "16": "afitté",
        "17": "or",
        "18": "afoofá",
        "19": "or",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "afoofí",
        "21": "or",
        "22": "",
        "23": "or",
        "24": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f10g": "f",
        "f11accel-form": "p",
        "f11g": "f",
        "f1accel-form": "f",
        "f2accel-form": "m",
        "f3accel-form": "s",
        "f3g": "?",
        "f4accel-form": "s",
        "f4g": "?",
        "f5accel-form": "s",
        "f5g": "?",
        "f6accel-form": "s",
        "f6g": "?",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f7g": "f",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f8g": "f",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "f9g": "f",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "áf"
      },
      "expansion": "áf m (plural afitté f or afoofá f or afoofí f)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "áf",
        "g": "m",
        "gpl": "f",
        "pl": "afitté",
        "pl2": "afoofá",
        "pl3": "afoofí"
      },
      "expansion": "áf m (plural afitté f or afoofá f or afoofí f)",
      "name": "aa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "af"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "af"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "áf",
        "2": "áfa",
        "3": "áf",
        "4": "aftí"
      },
      "name": "aa-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afar",
  "lang_code": "aa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mouth"
      ],
      "id": "en-af-aa-noun-TPNc-HQ1",
      "links": [
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cutting edge"
      ],
      "id": "en-af-aa-noun-hnf8vaM9",
      "links": [
        [
          "cutting edge",
          "cutting edge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 5 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afar entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "id": "en-af-aa-noun-pO8wS6Qq",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔʌf]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "af"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Afar entries with incorrect language header",
    "Afar lemmas",
    "Afar masculine nouns",
    "Afar nouns",
    "Afar terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "Afar terms derived from Proto-Cushitic",
    "Afar terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "Afar terms inherited from Proto-Cushitic",
    "Afar terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "aa:Communication",
    "aa:Face"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "afaató"
    },
    {
      "word": "afqaró"
    },
    {
      "word": "aftíyta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "cus-pro",
        "3": "*ʔaf-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "afa-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "afaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo afaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "af"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali af",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ssy",
        "2": "af"
      },
      "expansion": "Saho af",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "አፍ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic አፍ (ʾäf)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "فَم"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic فَم (fam)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-, from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?]. Cognates include Oromo afaan, Somali af and Saho af, furthermore Amharic አፍ (ʾäf) and Arabic فَم (fam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "áf",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afitté",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afoofá",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afoofí",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aftí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "l-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "k-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "t-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "áfah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "h-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "10": "",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "plural",
        "16": "afitté",
        "17": "or",
        "18": "afoofá",
        "19": "or",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "afoofí",
        "21": "or",
        "22": "",
        "23": "or",
        "24": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f10g": "f",
        "f11accel-form": "p",
        "f11g": "f",
        "f1accel-form": "f",
        "f2accel-form": "m",
        "f3accel-form": "s",
        "f3g": "?",
        "f4accel-form": "s",
        "f4g": "?",
        "f5accel-form": "s",
        "f5g": "?",
        "f6accel-form": "s",
        "f6g": "?",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f7g": "f",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f8g": "f",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "f9g": "f",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "áf"
      },
      "expansion": "áf m (plural afitté f or afoofá f or afoofí f)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "áf",
        "g": "m",
        "gpl": "f",
        "pl": "afitté",
        "pl2": "afoofá",
        "pl3": "afoofí"
      },
      "expansion": "áf m (plural afitté f or afoofá f or afoofí f)",
      "name": "aa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "af"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "af"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "áf",
        "2": "áfa",
        "3": "áf",
        "4": "aftí"
      },
      "name": "aa-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afar",
  "lang_code": "aa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mouth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cutting edge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cutting edge",
          "cutting edge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔʌf]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "af"
}

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