"fafa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Neapolitan]

Forms: fafe [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from the Lucanian substrate, from Proto-Italic *fafā ~ *fabā, whence Latin faba whence Neapolitan fava. Etymology templates: {{bor|nap|osc-luc|-}} Lucanian, {{der|nap|itc-pro|*fabā|*fafā ~ *fabā}} Proto-Italic *fafā ~ *fabā, {{cog|la|faba}} Latin faba, {{m+|nap|fava}} Neapolitan fava Head templates: {{head|nap|noun|plural|fafe|g=f}} fafa f (plural fafe)
  1. (Lucania, Apulia) broad bean Tags: feminine Synonyms: fava, fafodda Derived forms: fafodda

Noun [Tagalog]

IPA: /ˈfafa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈfaː.fɐ] [Standard-Tagalog], /ˈpapa/ (note: with nativization), [ˈpaː.pɐ] (note: with nativization) Forms: ᜉᜉ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -afa, (with nativization) -apa Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} fafa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ), {{tlb|tl|gay slang}} (gay slang)
  1. alternative form of papa (“daddy”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, slang Alternative form of: papa (extra: daddy)

Verb [Tarifit]

Head templates: {{rif-verb}} fafa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⴼⴰ)
  1. (intransitive) to fumble, to flounder Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-fafa-rif-verb-NsH3VCpq Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Tarifit entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Tarifit entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
  2. (intransitive) to lose one's means, self-control Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-fafa-rif-verb-uvLPVED3 Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sfafa (english: to disturb) [causative] Derived forms (Verbal noun): afafi (english: fumbling), asfafi
Disambiguation of 'Verbal noun': 0 0

Noun [Ternate]

IPA: /ˈfa.fa/
Head templates: {{head|tft|noun|||||f1sc=|f2sc=|head=|tr=-}} fafa, {{tft-noun}} fafa
  1. the midrib of a palm leaf
    Sense id: en-fafa-tft-noun-aviYQKTr Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Ternate entries with incorrect language header

Noun [West Makian]

IPA: /ɸa.ˈɸa/
Head templates: {{head|mqs|noun}} fafa
  1. the rays (class of fish)
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  "lang": "West Makian",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "West Makian entries with incorrect language header",
        "West Makian lemmas",
        "West Makian nouns",
        "mqs:Rays and skates"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the rays (class of fish)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ray",
          "ray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸa.ˈɸa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fafa"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Lucania, Apulia",
  "path": [
    "fafa"
  ],
  "section": "Neapolitan",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fafa",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Lucania, Apulia",
  "path": [
    "fafa"
  ],
  "section": "Neapolitan",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fafa",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⴼⴰ",
  "path": [
    "fafa"
  ],
  "section": "Tarifit",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "fafa",
  "trace": ""
}

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