sofo

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Sofo

Etymology

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from either Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “long seat of stone or brick”) or Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ. Compare Russian софа (sofa), Italian sofà, Chinese 沙發 / 沙发 (shāfā), Polish sofa, Spanish sofá, German Sofa, Yiddish סאָפֿע (sofe).

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Noun

sofo (accusative singular sofon, plural sofoj, accusative plural sofojn)

  1. sofa, couch
    La katido dormas sur la sofo. ― The kitten is sleeping on the couch.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sophus, from Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.fo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔfo
  • Hyphenation: sò‧fo

Noun

sofo m (plural sofi)

  1. (literary, chiefly ironic or derogatory) scholar, philosopher

Further reading

  • sofo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *sopok (“fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sofo

  1. fruit

Verb

sofo

  1. (intransitive) to bear fruit

Conjugation

Conjugation of sofo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosofo fosofo misofo
2nd nosofo nisofo
3rd Masculine osofo isofo, yosofo†
Feminine mosofo
Neuter isofo
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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