sofu

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Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

sofu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of そふ

Ladino[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish صوفو, from Arabic صوفي.

Adjective[edit]

sofu (Latin spelling)

  1. devout, pious

Nias[edit]

Verb[edit]

sofu (imperfective manofu)

  1. (transitive) to ask about

References[edit]

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 192.

Ternate[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with Malay sopo (“id.”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sofu (Jawi سوفو)

  1. dried skins of the bird of paradise
Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Possibly the same as the first.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sofu

  1. a crest, tuft, plume

References[edit]

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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