"af" meaning in Somali

See af in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʔɑ́f/ Forms: áf [canonical, masculine], afaf [masculine, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Somaloid *af, from Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf- (“mouth”). Cognate with Jiiddu ow, Oromo afaan, Afar af, Beja [script needed] (yēf). Etymology templates: {{inh|so|cus-som-pro|*af}} Proto-Somaloid *af, {{inh|so|cus-pro|*ʔaf-|t=mouth}} Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf- (“mouth”), {{cog|jii|ow}} Jiiddu ow, {{cog|om|afaan}} Oromo afaan, {{cog|aa|af}} Afar af, {{cog|bej|tr=yēf}} Beja [script needed] (yēf) Head templates: {{head|so|noun|plural|afaf|or||f1accel-form=p|f1g=m|f2accel-form=p|g=m|head=áf|sort=}} áf m (plural afaf m), {{so-noun|g=m|gpl=m|head=áf|pl=afaf}} áf m (plural afaf m)
  1. mouth
    Sense id: en-af-so-noun-TPNc-HQ1 Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
  2. language
    Sense id: en-af-so-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Somali entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy, Linguistics Disambiguation of Somali entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 0 100
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      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "cus-som-pro",
        "3": "*af"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Somaloid *af",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "cus-pro",
        "3": "*ʔaf-",
        "t": "mouth"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "ow"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu ow",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "afaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo afaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "af"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar af",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bej",
        "tr": "yēf"
      },
      "expansion": "Beja [script needed] (yēf)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Somaloid *af, from Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf- (“mouth”). Cognate with Jiiddu ow, Oromo afaan, Afar af, Beja [script needed] (yēf).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afaf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "6": "",
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        "f1g": "m",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "áf",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "áf m (plural afaf m)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpl": "m",
        "head": "áf",
        "pl": "afaf"
      },
      "expansion": "áf m (plural afaf m)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "so",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "so:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mouth"
      ],
      "id": "en-af-so-noun-TPNc-HQ1",
      "links": [
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "so:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "so",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "so:Linguistics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "id": "en-af-so-noun-pO8wS6Qq",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɑ́f/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "af"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for native script for Beja terms",
    "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Somali lemmas",
    "Somali masculine nouns",
    "Somali nouns",
    "Somali terms derived from Proto-Cushitic",
    "Somali terms derived from Proto-Somaloid",
    "Somali terms inherited from Proto-Cushitic",
    "Somali terms inherited from Proto-Somaloid",
    "so:Anatomy",
    "so:Linguistics"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "cus-som-pro",
        "3": "*af"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Somaloid *af",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "cus-pro",
        "3": "*ʔaf-",
        "t": "mouth"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf- (“mouth”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "ow"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu ow",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "afaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo afaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "af"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar af",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bej",
        "tr": "yēf"
      },
      "expansion": "Beja [script needed] (yēf)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Somaloid *af, from Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf- (“mouth”). Cognate with Jiiddu ow, Oromo afaan, Afar af, Beja [script needed] (yēf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "áf",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afaf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "afaf",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "m",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "áf",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "áf m (plural afaf m)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpl": "m",
        "head": "áf",
        "pl": "afaf"
      },
      "expansion": "áf m (plural afaf m)",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mouth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɑ́f/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "af"
}

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