Kefe

See also: kefe

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Compare Ligurian Cafà, Ancient Greek Καφᾶς (Kaphâs). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Proper noun

Kefe

  1. Feodosiya (a city in Crimea, Ukraine)

Declension
Declension of Kefe
nominative Kefe
genitive Kefeniñ
dative Kefege
accusative Kefeni
locative Kefede
ablative Kefeden

German

Etymology

From Old High German chēva (“pod”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈke.fə/

Noun

Kefe f (genitive Kefe, plural Kefen)

  1. (Switzerland) snow pea (Pisum sativum convar. axiphium)
    Synonyms: Zuckerschote, Zuckererbse, Kaiserschote

Declension
Declension of Kefe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kefe die Kefen
genitive einer der Kefe der Kefen
dative einer der Kefe den Kefen
accusative eine die Kefe die Kefen

References
  1. “Kefe” in Duden online
  2. “Chëfe”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 3, 1895, column 159

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كفه (Kefe).

Proper noun

Kefe

  1. Synonym of Feodosya, Feodosia (a city in Crimea, Ukraine)
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