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Ternate
Etymology
Partial reduplication of nyifi (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Tabaru niniwiti (“whetstone”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nyonyifi
- a whetstone, grindstone
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tidore
Pronunciation
Noun
nyonyifi
- a slipstone, grindstone
References
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill, page 72 (as njonjifi)