rufa

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈru.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈru.fa]

Back-formation from arrufar.

rufa f (plural rufes)

1. wrinkle, pucker

   Synonyms: bossa, arruga

Perhaps from rufaga.

rufa f (plural rufes)

1. snowstorm

• rufagada

• “rufa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin rūfus. Compare Italian rufo, English rufous.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrufa/

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Hyphenation: ru‧fa

rufa (accusative singular rufan, plural rufaj, accusative plural rufajn)

1. ginger, russet, redheaded

Borrowed from English ruff.

rufa m (genitive singular rufa, nominative plural rufaí)

1. ruff, frill
2. (in the plural) sea belt (Saccharina latissima)

• rufach (“ruffed”, adjective)
• rufán m (“ruff”)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.fa/
• Rhymes: -ufa
• Hyphenation: rù‧fa

rufa

1. feminine singular of rufo

• rūfa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈruː.fa]
• rūfa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈruː.fa]
• rūfā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈruː.faː]
• rūfā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈruː.fa]

rūfa

1. inflection of rūfus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

rūfā

1. ablative feminine singular of rūfus

Borrowed from Dutch roef (“cabin, wooden cover, deckhouse”).

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: ru‧fa

rufa f (related adjective rufowy)

1. stern (rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
2. (Far Masovian) ladder mounted on supports to which straw and hay are given to sheep

• rufa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rufa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

rufa

1. inflection of rufar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• 𐴌𐴟𐴉𐴝 (rufa) — Hanifi Rohingya script

From Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

rufa (Hanifi spelling 𐴌𐴟𐴉𐴝)

1. silver

• IPA^(key): /ˈrufa/ [ˈru.fa]
• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: ru‧fa

rufa

1. feminine singular of rufo