fafa

Neapolitan

Etymology

Possibly from the Lucanian substrate, from Proto-Italic *fafā ~ *fabā, whence Latin faba whence Neapolitan fava.

Noun

fafa f (plural fafe)

  1. (Lucania, Apulia) broad bean
    Synonyms: fava, fafodda
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:fafa.

Derived terms

References
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1378: “la fava” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.fa/

Noun

fafa

  1. the midrib of a palm leaf

Descendants
  • → Manado Malay: mafafa (“palm leaf midrib”) (with Ternate possessive ma-)

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɸa.ˈɸa/

Noun

fafa

  1. the rays (class of fish)

References
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics (as fafá)
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