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תפוד

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In characters I learnt the word תפוד for potato. Is that a contraction of תפוח אדמה? Like taters instead of potatoes.

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Re: תפוד

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Yes, but it's formal and hardly ever used. You can often see the initials תפ"א in writing, but in speaking you have to pronounce the whole 2 words.

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Re: תפוד

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Taters is informal in English.

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