"tefa" meaning in Maltese

See tefa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɛ.fa/, /ˈtɛ.faˤ/
Etymology: From Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|أَطْفَأَ}} Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jitfi|mitfi}} tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|tfejt|tfejt|tefa|tfiet|tfejna|tfejtu|tfew|nitfi|titfi|jitfi|titfi|nitfu|titfu|jitfu|itfi|itfu}} Forms: jitfi [imperfect], mitfi [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], tfejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], tfejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], tefa [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], tfejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], tfejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], tfew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], tfejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], tfejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], tfiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], tfejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], tfejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], tfew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nitfi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], titfi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jitfi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nitfu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], titfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jitfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nitfi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], titfi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], titfi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nitfu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], titfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jitfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], itfi [imperative, second-person, singular], itfu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to extinguish (fire)
    Sense id: en-tefa-mt-verb-3UhMn1WK
  2. to turn off (device)
    Sense id: en-tefa-mt-verb-udp46Kk3 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tafa

Alternative forms

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