Efa

See also: efa, ẹfa, EFA, ɛ̀fá, and èfǎ

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Efraim.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ifa/, [ɜ.fa]

Proper noun

Efa

1. a male given name from Danish

Usage notes

• This spelling is used in the old and new orthography.

References

• Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN
• Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛva/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈe(ː)va/, /ˈɛva/

Proper noun

Efa f

1. a male given name from Hebrew חַוָּה, equivalent to English Eve
2. buck's-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus)

   Synonym: llyriad corn carw

Coordinate terms

• Adda (“Adam”)

Derived terms

• Adda ac Efa (“monkshood, early purple orchid”)
• llysiau Efa (“buck's-horn plantain”)
• plant Efa (“children of Eve, the human race”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Efa

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Efa	unchanged	unchanged	Hefa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎, retrieved 30 October 2025.