auffi

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• auffe (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)
• nauf (West Central Bavarian)
• affi (Northern Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German ūfhin, ūf-hin, equivalent to auf + hi. Compare archaic German aufhin.

Pronunciation

• (West Central) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯fːi/, /ˈau̯fːe/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈafːi/, /ˈafːe/

Adverb

auffi (East Central Bavarian, Southern Bavarian)

1. up, upwards (direction away from the speaker)

   Antonym: owi

Usage notes

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

See also

Bavarian adverbs of place and direction

	adverbs
	from	to	here	there
place	her	hi	då/dou	dort/duart
inside	eina	eini/-e, nei	herin	drin
outside	aussa/assa	aussi/-e, assi, naus	heraust	draussn
up	auffa/affa	auffi/-e, affi, nauf	herobn	drobn
down	åwa	åwi/-e, nå, åi	herunt	druntn
forth	fiara	fiari/-e	vorn	davor
behind	hinta, hintra	hinti/-e, hintri/-e	hintn	dahinta
over here	umma	ummi/-e	herent	drent, entn
over there	dåna	dåni/-e	herdånt	hidånt
closer	zuara	zuari/-e