ufa

== Chichewa == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀tua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.fá/ === Noun === ufá class 14 flour == Cypriot Arabic == === Etymology === From Arabic أَوْفَى (ʔawfā). === Verb === ufá IV (present pkyufi) (transitive) to pay === References === Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 466 == Iamalele == === Noun === ufa water === References === Iamalele – English English – Iamalele Dictionary, page 30, 1988 == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.fa/ Rhymes: -ufa Syllabification: u‧fa Homophone: Ufa === Verb === ufa third-person singular present of ufać == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ufɐ Hyphenation: u‧fa Homophone: Ufa === Etymology 1 === Possibly related to French ouf; alternatively from Italian uffa; or both. ==== Interjection ==== ufa! phew! whew! (used to show relief) === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. Proposed etymologies include: from Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌾𐍉 (ufjō, “superfluous”); from the Latin abbreviation ex-off (ex officiō); from the Latin initialism AUF (ad ūsum fabricae). ==== Noun ==== ufa f (uncountable) only used in à ufa === References === === Further reading === “ufa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ufa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian uffa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈufa/ [ˈu.fa] Rhymes: -ufa Syllabification: u‧fa === Interjection === ufa! (colloquial, Rioplatense, Bolivia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) Used to show anger, displeasure, exasperation, repulsion, or negative reaction to something. (colloquial, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) Used to express disgust for an objectionable or foul smell: yuck! === Further reading === “ufa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “ufa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 == Swahili == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Andras Rajki suggests from Proto-Bantu *kua, see BLR 2090”) === Pronunciation === === Noun === ufa class XI (plural nyufa class X) crack (thin space opened in a previously solid material) == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈu.fa] === Noun === ufa a co-wife === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Vilamovian == === Alternative forms === uffa === Etymology === From Middle High German offen, from Old High German offan, from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === ufa open ==== Antonyms ==== gyśłosa