afara

See also: afará and afară

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba afàrà.

Noun

afara (plural afaras)

1. The limba tree.
   • 1969, B. J. Rendle, World Timbers: Europe and Africa, Afara or Limba [Terminalia superba], page 78:

     Afara is the common Nigerian name and a British Standard name for the commercial timber.

Gothic

Romanization

afara

1. romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰

Old Frisian

Etymology

From a +‎ fara (“before”).

Preposition

afara

1. before, in front of

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.fà.ɾà/

Noun

afàrà

1. afara, limba (Terminalia superba)

Derived terms

• afàrà dúdú (noun)

Descendants

• → English: afara

Further reading

• Abraham, R.C. (1958), “afàrà”, in Dictionary of Modern Yoruba, Hodder and Stoughton, page 16

Etymology 2

From a- +‎ fárá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.fá.ɾá/

Noun

afárá

1. bridge

Derived terms

• afárá oyin