tafia

or taf·fi·a

[ taf-ee-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.

tafia

/ ˈtæfɪə /

Origin of tafia¹

1755–65, Americanism; < West Indian French; aphetic variant of ratafia ratafia

Origin of tafia¹

C18: from French, from West Indian Creole, probably from ratafia

The next day we went to visit a tafia property in the neighbourhood.

One sou of bread, two sous of manioc flour, one sou of dried codfish, one sou of tafia: such is their meal.

Each wagon discharges a certain number of barrels of tafia, and simultaneously the young men strip.

He ordered some roasted plantains to be brought, and mixed some cruel bad tafia with water in an enormous gourd.

Sugar is very difficult to ship; rum and tafia can be handled with less risk.

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