tf

== Translingual == === Symbol === tf (General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages) a voiceless dental affricate (IPA [tθ]). == English == === Phrase === tf (Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of the fuck. Alternative form: TF === Anagrams === F.T., FT, FT%, Ft, Ft., ft, ft., ft³ == Egyptian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/ Conventional anglicization: tef ==== Determiner ==== that ===== Usage notes ===== This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows or precedes the noun it describes. It forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative tn, in which tf is distal. ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Afroasiatic *tuf-. ==== Pronunciation ==== (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/ Conventional anglicization: tef ==== Verb ==== (intransitive) to spit (+ m: to spit (something) out) [Pyramid Texts, rarely later] ===== Usage notes ===== Used chiefly in the context of old religious texts, and particularly in the Heliopolitan cosmogony to describe the creation of the goddess Tefnut from Atum’s spit. ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛf/ Conventional anglicization: tef ==== Noun ==== m spittle [Pyramid Texts] ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲁϥ (thaf), ⲑⲏϥ (thēf) Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲁϥ (taf) === References === James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 54–55. Edel, Elmar (1955-1964), Altägyptische Grammatik, volume 1, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, § 182 et seq., page 83 et seq. Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 297.6–297.9 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN == Finnish == === Noun === tf abbreviation of tiheysfunktio (“probability density function”): pdf == Swedish == === Alternative forms === t.f. === Adjective === tf (not comparable) abbreviation of tillförordnad, acting (e.g. manager) === References === “tillförordna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)