rafia

See also: rafią and ràfia

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malagasy rafia.

Noun

rafia

1. raffia

Italian

Noun

rafia f (plural rafie)

1. raffia

Anagrams

• farai

Malagasy

Etymology

From fia (“to press, to squeeze”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəs (compare with Malay perah and peras).

Noun

rafia

1. raffia palm (Raphia ruffia).

Descendants

• → French: raphia
  • → English: raffia

Further reading

• rafia in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “internationalism?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.fja/
• Rhymes: -afja
• Syllabification: ra‧fia

Noun

rafia f

1. raffia palm

   Synonyms: igliszcza, palma bambusowa, palma iglasta

Declension

Declension of rafia

	singular	plural
nominative	rafia	rafie
genitive	rafii	rafii/rafij (archaic)
dative	rafii	rafiom
accusative	rafię	rafie
instrumental	rafią	rafiami
locative	rafii	rafiach
vocative	rafio	rafie

Further reading

• rafia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrafja/ [ˈra.fja]
• Rhymes: -afja
• Syllabification: ra‧fia

Noun

rafia f (plural rafias)

1. raffia

Further reading

• “rafia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024