afe

See also: AFE

Akan

Noun

afe

  1. year

Italian

Noun

afe f

  1. plural of afa

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of a + fe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈfɛ/
  • Rhymes: -afɛ
  • Syllabification: a‧fe

Interjection

afe

  1. (colloquial) shoo! go away!
    Synonym: sio
    • 2006 June 28, moja1, “Ukochany Spam”, in www.forumowisko.pl, retrieved 14/04/2023:
      Little Dream
      i ja
      no chyba że mam iść i wam nie przeszkadzać
      shadie
      a ja nie lubie o :p czerwony barszcz z uszkami brrr. ble. jeszcze na siłe chcą we mnie to wpychac. afe!
      Little Dream
      and me
      unless I have to go and not disturb you
      shad
      and I don't like it :p red borscht with dumplings brrr. blah. they still want to force it on me. away with it!

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.fi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.fe/

Interjection

afe!

  1. Alternative form of ave

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afe₂. Cognates include Tokelauan afe, Tuvaluan afe and Tongan afe.[1]

Samoan cardinal numbers
1000
    Cardinal : afe

Numeral

afe

  1. thousand

References

  1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “afe.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈa.ɸe]
  • Hyphenation: a‧fe

Etymology 1

Tokelauan cardinal numbers
1000
    Cardinal : afe

From Proto-Polynesian *afe₂. Cognates include Samoan afe and Tuvaluan afe

Verb

afe

  1. (stative) to be thousand

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *afe. Cognates include Samoan afe and Tuvaluan afe.

Noun

afe

  1. hem
  2. gust of wind

Verb

afe

  1. (transitive) to hem
  2. (transitive) to tuck in
  3. (transitive) to turn
  4. (transitive) to lift

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 6

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afe₂. Cognates include Tokelauan afe, Tuvaluan afe, Tokelauan afe and Samoan afe.[1]

Tongan cardinal numbers
1000
    Cardinal : afe

Numeral

afe

  1. thousand

References

  1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “afe.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɸe/

Noun

afe

  1. front
    te ti afein front of me
    ta pala da afein front of the house
  2. face
  3. (informal) eye
    Synonym: sado (polite)

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics
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