afe

See also: AFE

Akan

Noun

afe

1. year

Italian

Noun

afe f

1. plural of afa

Anagrams

• efa

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of a ‎ fe.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

afe

1. (colloquial) shoo! go away!

   Synonym: sio

   • 2006 June 28, moja1, “Ukochany Spam”, in www.forumowisko.pl‎^[1], 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

• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “afé!”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 11

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aff, af, afs, affs (Internet slang)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.fi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.fɨ/

Interjection

afe!

1. Alternative form of ave

Samoan

Etymology

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

Samoan cardinal numbers

	1000
Cardinal : afe

Numeral

afe

1. thousand

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^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 6

Tongan

Etymology

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

Tongan cardinal numbers

	1000
Cardinal : afe

Numeral

afe

1. thousand

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɸe/

Noun

afe

1. front

   te ti afe ― in front of me

   ta pala da afe ― in front of the house

2. face
3. (informal) eye

   Synonym: sado (polite)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics
• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[4], Pacific linguistics