ife

See also: -ife, ifẹ, Ife, Ifẹ, Ifɛ, and IFE

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.fe/

Pronoun

ife

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

Chichewa personal pronouns

	singular	plural or formal
1st person	ine	ife
2nd person	iwe	inu
3rd person	iye	iwo

Irish

Verb

ife

1. past participle of ibh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ife	n-ife	hife	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ife”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Noun

ife f pl

1. plural of ifa

Anagrams

• fei, fie

Southern Ndebele

Noun

ife^? class 9 (plural izimfe class 10)

1. sweet cane

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Welsh

Etymology

From ai (interrogative particle) +‎ fe (“him, it”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪvɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɪvɛ

Particle

ife

1. (South Wales, colloquial) interrogative particle (used sentence-initially when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)

   Synonym: ai

   Ife fe yw dy dad?

   Is he your dad?

2. (South Wales, colloquial) interrogative particle (used sentence-finally when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)

   Synonym: ia

   Fe yw dy dad, ife?

   He’s your dad, is he?

Usage notes

• Used sentence-initially in some southern dialects to qualify a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. To indicate the interrogative of unemphatic initial verbs, the soft mutation is employed instead.
• Used sentence-finally in general in the south when a sentence contains a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. The equivalent northern particle is ia.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.fē/

Noun

ife

1. cup

   Synonyms: ago, ukèrè