naf
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Nabak with f as a placeholder.
Symbol
naf
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Nabak terms
Chuukese
Adjective
naf
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English nave, from Middle English nave, from Old English nafu, from Proto-West Germanic *nabu, from Proto-Germanic *nabō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel, hub”)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnaf/ [ˈnaf]
- Rhymes: -af
- Syllabification: naf
Noun
naf (plural naf-naf)
- nave (hub of a wheel)
Further reading
- “naf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Noun
naf
- (Northern) alternative form of nave
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnaɸ]?
Noun
naf f (plural naues)
- apocopic form of naue (“ship”)
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 33r:
- Et la eſtrella luzient que es en la popa dela naf a poder ſobreſta piedra ⁊ della recibe la fuerça ⁊ la uertud.
- And the bright star on the stern of the ship has power over this stone, and it receives from it strength and virtue.
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naf/
Noun
naf (nominative plural nafs)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | naf | nafs |
| genitive | nafa | nafas |
| dative | nafe | nafes |
| accusative | nafi | nafis |
| vocative 1 | o naf! | o nafs! |
| predicative 2 | nafu | nafus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only