lufa
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]lufa f (plural lufas)
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lufa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain and disputed.
- Back-formation from lufka, luftka (“bore of a gun”), from German Lüftchen, a diminutive of Luft.[1]
- borrowed from German Lauf (“barrel of a gun”),[2] with the feminine gender under the influence of the synonymous rura.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lufa f (diminutive lufka, augmentative lufisko or lufsko)
- barrel of a gun
- (colloquial) F, a failing grade
- (slang) shot glass
- (slang) strong liquor served in a shot glass, typically vodka
- Jeszcze jedna zimna lufa dla wszystkich. ― One more cold vodka shot for everyone.
Declension
[edit]Declension of lufa
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
Related terms
[edit]adjective
References
[edit]- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “lufa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “lufa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “lufa”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Further reading
[edit]- lufa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lufa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: lu‧fa
Noun
[edit]lufa f (plural lufas)
- gust
- (figurative) bustle
- Synonym: azáfama
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]lufa
- inflection of lufar:
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lufa f (plural lufas)
- a Luffa plant or its fruit
- a loofah for handheld scrubbing, either derived from the plant or artificial
Swazi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lu- (“narrow object”) + -fa (“to die”).
Noun
[edit]lûfá class 11 (plural tîmfá class 10)
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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