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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAFIA

From French, from West Indian Creole, probably from ratafia.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TAFIA

tafia  [ˈtæfɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAFIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tafia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAFIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tafia

Tafia

Tafia is a kind of cheap rum made from sugarcane juice. It is typically unaged whereas rum is typically aged in wooden barrels to reduce the level of fusel. Most of the fusel is absorbed in the first two years. Premium rums were aged for a longer period of time incidentally subjecting it to increasing ethanol evaporation.

Definition of tafia in the English dictionary

The definition of tafia in the dictionary is a type of rum, esp from Guyana or the Caribbean.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAFIA


agraphia
əˈɡræfɪə
daffier
ˈdæfɪə
dermatographia
ˌdɜːmətəˈɡræfɪə
dysgraphia
dɪsˈɡræfɪə
logagraphia
ˌlɒɡəˈɡræfɪə
Maffia
ˈmæfɪə
Mafia
ˈmæfɪə
raffia
ˈræfɪə
Rafia
ˈræfɪə
raphia
ˈræfɪə
taffia
ˈtæfɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAFIA

taeniate
taenioid
TAFE
Tafelwein
taffeta
taffetized
taffia
taffies
taffrail
taffy
Tafilalet
Tafilelt
Taft
tag
tag day
tag end
tag line
tag question
Tagalog
tagalong

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAFIA

Algeria
Arabia
Asia
Australia
Austria
Bahasa Indonesia
Bolivia
Bosnia
Bulgaria
California
Colombia
Columbia
criteria
Croatia
Estonia
kniphofia
ratafia
rauwolfia
Sofia
the Mafia

Synonyms and antonyms of tafia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tafia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAFIA

Find out the translation of tafia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tafia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tafia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

塔非亚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tafia
570 millions of speakers

English

tafia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tafia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tafia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

TAFIa
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tafia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ট্যাফিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tafia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tafia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tafia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

制因子
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

태 피아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tafia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tafia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tafia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tafia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tafia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tafia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

TAFIa
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tafia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταφια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tafia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taffia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

taffia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tafia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAFIA»

The term «tafia» is regularly used and occupies the 97.888 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAFIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tafia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAFIA»

Discover the use of tafia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tafia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Novel TAFIa Assay and Its Use to Measure TAFI Activation ...
The first objective of this work was to design a novel assay that can measure functional TAFIa levels in plasma.
Paula Kim, 2007
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Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology
Activation of TAFI (Mr = 58,000) yields an exopeptidase (TAFIa) with carboxypeptidase B-like substrate specificity: It catalyzes the removal of basic amino acids (arginines, lysines) from the COOH-ter- mini of polypeptides. TAFI contains 401 ...
John P. Greer, 2009
3
Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words
TAFIA, m. A spirituous liquor obtained from molasses, sugar cane, and brown sugar. Du Pratz speaks of the ardor with which the negroes worked when he promised them “un coup de Tafia.”106 Duvallon observes that the favorite drink of the ...
William A. Read, 2008
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Coagulation in Cancer
It is initially produced as a proenzyme and is converted to an active, zinc ion dependent carboxypeptidase B-like enzyme (TAFIa) through cleavage at the Arg92-Ala93 bond. This process can be mediated by trypsin or plasmin. However , these ...
David Green, Hau C. Kwaan, 2009
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Peptide Hydrolases—Advances in Research and Application: ...
(TAFIa),. a. Zinc-Containing. Metalloprotease. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly — A new study on Fibrinolysis is now available. According to news reporting originating in Tokyo, Japan, by NewsRx journalists,  ...
‎2013
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Serine Proteases—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 ...
(TAFIa)-catalyzed. Cleavage. of. C-terminal. Lysine. Residues of Fibrin Degradation Products and Removal of Plasminogen-binding Sites “Partial digestion of fibrin by plasmin exposes C-terminal lysine residues, which comprise new binding ...
‎2012
7
Women and Slavery in the French Antilles, 1635-1848
To guard against this possibility and to deter them from stealing, Labat occasionally gave women distillers a jar of tafia. It would be interesting to find out whether this form of bribery was successful in light of the fact that there was a local market ...
Bernard Moitt, 2001
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Assay Development: Fundamentals and Practices
Proteolytic cleavage of TAFI by thrombin/thrombomodulin generates a 35-kDa active enzyme (TAFIa), which downregulates fibrinolysis by removing C-terminal lysine residues from partially degraded fibrin. TAFIa has also been implicated in ...
Ge Wu, 2010
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Outside Looking in: Viewing First Nations Peoples in ...
Back at his car, he shows Tafia and her friends his trunkful of local, well-made crafts, which, he explains, he displays to get tourists into his gallery and which he sells to them if that is all they can afford. Tafia and her friends hurriedly scratch off  ...
Mary Jane Miller, 2008
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In It to Win It: Creative Empowerment for Worship Musicians
INNER CONVERSATIONSINTRODUCINCE'YOUR TAFIA' AND 'TRULY YOU' f you've come this far, it means you've taken the crucial first step and made a conscious decision to effect changes necessary to break those bad habits. So let's go ...
Mmaeyen Attah, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAFIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tafia is used in the context of the following news items.
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US interests in Haiti's natural resources led to invasion
... and lignum vitae) and tafia (white rum), bois jaune, bayarondes, goat skins, honey, rum, wax, gum guiacum, peppers, tamarinds, orange peel, and old copper. «Bostonhaitian, Jul 15»
2
Louisiana craft rum rooted in history
These plantation owners were proud of their own brands of tafia, distilling it in large batches to entertain during parties in their homes, Litel said. Among them ... «Monroe News Star, Jul 15»
3
Craft rum rooted in history
In the early days, Litel said plantation owners in southeast Louisiana began to distill their own crude rum, which the French called “tafia.” These plantation ... «Houma Courier, Jun 15»
4
Polémica por Ron Viejo de Caldas hecho con alcohol externo
Hay 21,5 millones de litros de alcohol tafia añejándose, según el gerente de la Licorera de Caldas. Foto: Archivo Portafolio ... «Portafolio.co, May 15»
5
Tafia TABIOU, symbole de l'immoralité, de l'indignité et du ridicule …
Tafia TABIOU, symbole de l'immoralité, de l'indignité et du ridicule de la dynastie GNASSINGBÉ. [5/2/2015 12:29:26 AM] | Kiosque |- |, Lu :4798 fois | ... «iciLome, May 15»
6
Ram girls win OT thriller over Evergreen
Wolverine Danae Austin opened the second half with a game tying field goal, but Cecilia Tafia downed a Ram 3-pointer to start an eight point charge. «Highline Times, Dec 14»
7
Route du Rhum: au revoir les terriens, à nous le tafia!
Les 91 solitaires de la 10e Route du Rhum ont pris le départ de Saint-Malo, cap sur Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe). Damien Meyer / AFP. C'est parti! Les 91 ... «ladepeche.fr, Nov 14»
8
Mount Rainier breaks into win
"Kid's something special," said Mack of Alefaio, who caught the Rams' first touchdown of the game, from Tafia, with 7:44 left in the first quarter, making it 13-7 ... «Highline Times, Oct 14»
9
When the Welsh go it alone, blame me
Glyndwr. No mention of the Tafia, the Welsh Cosa Nostra? ... Gwangi. Indeed – I get sick and tired of the Tafia – the crachach – who control everything in Wales. «Spectator.co.uk, Sep 14»
10
Top 5 Android tips and tricks for smartphones and tablets
Tafia said: Comments,Tafia,Hi Jim,Motorola now say they have the phone. Royal Mail say it ... Tafia said: Comments,Tafia,Thanks Jim,It gets worse!Royal Mail ... «PC Advisor, Jul 14»

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