tifa

First documented in 1932; probably a regressive derivative of tifarada (“piece of shit”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fa/

tifa m (plural tifes)

1. (vulgar) shit

Borrowed from English tipper.

tīfā̀ f (plural tīfōfī, possessed form tīfàr̃)

1. dump truck
2. sand truck

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τύφη (túphē, “a species of cattail”).

tifa f (plural tife)

1. reedmace, bulrush, cattail (Typha latifolia)

• stiancia

tifa

1. third-person singular present indicative of tifare
2. second-person singular imperative of tifare

• fa'ti, fati

tifa

1. (Banawá) to drink water

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

tifa f (plural tifas)

1. cattail (any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha)