fafa

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

fafa f (plural fafe)

1. (Lucania, Apulia) broad bean

   Synonyms: fava, fafodda

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:fafa.

• fafodda

• 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

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fafa (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⴼⴰ)

1. (intransitive) to fumble, to flounder
2. (intransitive) to lose one's means, self-control

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Verbal noun: afafi (“fumbling”)
• Causative: sfafa (“to disturb”)
  • Verbal noun: asfafi

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.fa/

fafa

1. the midrib of a palm leaf

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ɸa.ˈɸa/

fafa

1. the rays (class of fish)

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