afara

See also: afará and afară

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba afàrà.

Noun

afara (plural afaras)

  1. The limba tree.
    • 1969, B. J. Rendle, World Timbers: Europe and Africa, Afara or Limba [Terminalia superba], page 78:
      Afara is the common Nigerian name and a British Standard name for the commercial timber.

Gothic

Romanization

afara

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰

Yoruba
afàrà (Terminalia superba)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ā.fà.ɾà/

Noun

afàrà

  1. afara, limba (Terminalia superba)
Derived terms
  • afàrà dúdú (noun)
Descendants
  • → English: afara

Further reading
  • Abraham, R.C. (1958) “afàrà”, in Dictionary of Modern Yoruba, Hodder and Stoughton, page 16

Etymology 2
afárá

From a- +‎ fárá

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ā.fá.ɾá/

Noun

afárá

  1. bridge
Derived terms
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