ufa

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀tua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.fá/

ufá class 14

1. flour

From Arabic أَوْفَى (ʔawfā).

ufá IV (present pkyufi) (transitive)

1. to pay

• Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 466

ufa

1. water

• Iamalele – English English – Iamalele Dictionary, page 30, 1988

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.fa/

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: u‧fa
• Homophone: Ufa

ufa

1. third-person singular present of ufać

• Rhymes: -ufɐ
• Hyphenation: u‧fa
• Homophone: Ufa

Possibly related to French ouf;^[1] alternatively from Italian uffa; or both.

ufa!

1. phew! whew! (used to show relief)

   “Consegui chegar ao hospital a tempo!” “Ufa!”

   “I got to the hospital in time!” “Whew!”

Uncertain. Proposed etymologies include:^[1]

• from Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌾𐍉 (ufjō, “superfluous”);
• from the Latin abbreviation ex-off (ex officiō);
• from the Latin initialism AUF (ad ūsum fabricae).

ufa f (uncountable)

1. only used in à ufa

• “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

Borrowed from Italian uffa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈufa/ [ˈu.fa]

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: u‧fa

ufa!

1. (colloquial, Rioplatense, Bolivia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) Used to show anger, displeasure, exasperation, repulsion, or negative reaction to something.

   “No puedes ver televisión hasta que acomodes tus juguetes.” “¡Ufa!”

   “You can't watch TV until you arrange your toys.” “Shucks!”

2. (colloquial, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) Used to express disgust for an objectionable or foul smell: yuck!

• “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

(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”)

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ufa class XI (plural nyufa class X)

1. crack (thin space opened in a previously solid material)

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.fa]

ufa

1. a co-wife

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• uffa

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”).

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ufa

1. open

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