tāfele
Pronunciation: [tāːfɛlɛ]
“tāfele” is a Latvian word. Its 2 meanings in English:
noun
- blackboard, chalkboard, whiteboard (rectangular surface normally used for writing for others to read)
- bar (a small portion of food, especially chocolate, in rectangular form)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Tafel (“blackboard”), itself from Middle Low German tavel, tavele, from Old High German tavala, borrowed from Latin tabula (“plank, board; tablet”). The first occurrences are in 19th-century Latvian literature. (J. Endzelīns preferred the variant tāpele, since it was closer to the original Latin source.)
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