"tofus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-der. Proto-Italic *tūβosder. Oscanbor.? Latin tofus Probably borrowed from Oscan, and possibly derived from Proto-Italic *tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). See τύφη (plant for stuffing bolsters). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor<unc>|osc:-<ety:der<itc-pro:*tūβos<ety:der<ine-pro:*tewh₂->>>>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-der. Proto-Italic *tūβosder. Oscanbor.? Latin tofus [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Oscan", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tewh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*tūβos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "osc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tofus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="tofus">, {{unc|la|Probably}} Probably, {{bor|la|osc|-}} Oscan, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*tūβos}} Proto-Italic *tūβos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*tewh₂-||to swell}} Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”) Head templates: {{la-noun|tōfus<2>}} tōfus m (genitive tōfī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tōfus<2>}} Forms: tōfus [canonical, masculine], tōfī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tōfus [nominative, singular], tōfī [nominative, plural], tōfī [genitive, singular], tōfōrum [genitive, plural], tōfō [dative, singular], tōfīs [dative, plural], tōfum [accusative, singular], tōfōs [accusative, plural], tōfō [ablative, singular], tōfīs [ablative, plural], tōfe [singular, vocative], tōfī [plural, vocative]
  1. tuff (kind of rock) Tags: declension-2 Derived forms: tōfāceus, tōfīnus, tōfōsus
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōfō",
      "links": [
        [
          "tōfō",
          "tofo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōfīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "tōfīs",
          "tofis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōfe",
      "links": [
        [
          "tōfe",
          "tofe#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōfī",
      "links": [
        [
          "tōfī",
          "tofi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tōfus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "tōfus m (genitive tōfī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tōfus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with etymology trees",
        "Latin entries with etymon",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Oscan",
        "Latin terms derived from Oscan",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂-",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "la:Rocks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tuff (kind of rock)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tuff",
          "tuff"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tofus"
}

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