"baffa" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} baffa
  1. third-person singular past historic of baffer Tags: form-of, historic, past, singular, third-person Form of: baffer
    Sense id: en-baffa-fr-verb-fNB7pgiN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Hausa]

IPA: /báf.fà/, [báɸ.ɸə̀] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: baffà [canonical, masculine], bàffànnī [plural], baffàn [possessed-form], bappa [alternative]
Etymology: From Fula bappa (“father's younger brother”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ha|ff|bappa||father's younger brother}} Fula bappa (“father's younger brother”) Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|baffà|bàffànnī}} baffà m (plural bàffànnī, possessed form baffàn)
  1. paternal uncle

Alternative forms

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