tf

English Online Dictionary. What means tf‎? What does tf mean?

Translingual

Symbol

tf

1. (General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages) a voiceless dental affricate (IPA [tθ]).

English

Phrase

tf

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of the fuck.

   Alternative form: TF

Anagrams

• F.T., FT, FT%, Ft, Ft., ft, ft., ft³

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: tef

Determiner

 f sg distal demonstrative determiner

1. that

Usage notes

This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows or precedes the noun it describes.

It forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative tn, in which tf is distal.

Inflection

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: tef

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive) to spit (+ m: to spit (something) out) [Pyramid Texts, rarely later]

Usage notes

Used chiefly in the context of old religious texts, and particularly in the Heliopolitan cosmogony to describe the creation of the goddess Tefnut from Atum’s spit.

Inflection

Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: tef

Noun

 m

1. spittle [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲁϥ (thaf), ⲑⲏϥ (thēf)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲁϥ (taf)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 54–55.
• Edel, Elmar (1955-1964) Altägyptische Grammatik, volume 1, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, § 182 et seq., page 83 et seq.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 297.6–297.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• t.f.

Adjective

tf (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of tillförordnad., acting (e.g. manager)

References

• tillförordna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)