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Akan
Noun
nofo
- breast
Me nofo yɛ me ya.- My breast is in pain.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English enough.
Pronunciation
Determiner
nofo
- enough
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *nofo. Cognates include Hawaiian noho and Maori nofo.
Pronunciation
Verb
nofo (plural nonofo)
- (intransitive) to sit
- (intransitive) to reside, live
1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau, page 1:Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.- This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
- (intransitive) to stay behind
- (intransitive, + ki) to marry
- (intransitive) to stop, stay
- (stative) to be alive
- (stative) to be married
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252
Tuvaluan
Verb
nofo (plural nnofo)
- to sit