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== Translingual == === Symbol === ife (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ifè. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ifè terms == Chichewa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈi.fe/ === Pronoun === ife we (first-person plural personal pronoun) ==== See also ==== == Irish == === Verb === ife past participle of ibh === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ife”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Italian == === Noun === ife f pl plural of ifa === Anagrams === fei, fie == Southern Ndebele == === Noun === ife? class 9 (plural izimfe class 10) sweet cane ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Welsh == === Etymology === From ai (interrogative particle) +‎ fe (“him, it”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪvɛ/ Rhymes: -ɪvɛ === Particle === ife (South Wales, colloquial) interrogative particle (used sentence-initially when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis) Synonym: ai (South Wales, colloquial) interrogative particle (used sentence-finally when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis) Synonym: ia ==== Usage notes ==== Used sentence-initially in some southern dialects to qualify a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. To indicate the interrogative of unemphatic initial verbs, the soft mutation is employed instead. Used sentence-finally in general in the south when a sentence contains a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. The equivalent northern particle is ia. == Yoruba == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ī.fē/ === Noun === ife cup Synonyms: ago, ukèrè