raffia

English

Alternative forms

• rafia, raphia, rofia, roffia (obsolete)

Etymology

From Malagasy rafia or rofia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæfiə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æfiə

Noun

raffia (countable and uncountable, plural raffias)

1. A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of raffia palm trees (genus Raphia).
   • 1958, Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King:

     He was pressed against the canes and raffia of which this old house was built.

Translations

fibrous material

Arabic: رَافِيَة f (rāfiya) Bulgarian: рафия f (rafija) Catalan: ràfia (ca) Cerma: tɔrru Dutch: raffia (nl) m or n Esperanto: rafio French: raphia (fr) m German: Raphia (de) f Greek: ραφία f (rafía), (informal) ράφια f (ráfia) Indonesian: rafia (id) Italian: rafia m Malagasy: raofia (mg) Portuguese: ráfia (pt) f Serbo-Croatian: rafija (sh) Spanish: rafia (es)

Raphia sudanica

Akaha: kɔrɔ Ashe: ikoi Bafanji: ŋkyɛ Cerma: kartũŋgu Hausa: gwangwala Ibani: kɔ́rɔ́ Ifè: ìko Ikizu: ʉmʉware Karekare: gwangwala Kasem: nanyuŋə tiu Kirya: gùlə̀və̀ Lela: kè̱nbè̱ Nawdm: kpaat Okordia: kɔ́rɔ́ Tal: kwaigat

Raphia vinifera

Anagrams

• affair