sofu

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Japanese

Romanization

sofu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of そふ

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صوفو, from Arabic صوفي.

Adjective

sofu (Latin spelling)

  1. devout, pious

Nias

Verb

sofu (imperfective manofu)

  1. (transitive) to ask about

References

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

Ternate

Etymology 1

Cognate with Malay sopo (id.)

Pronunciation

Noun

sofu (Jawi سوفو)

  1. dried skins of the bird of paradise
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Possibly the same as the first.

Pronunciation

Noun

sofu

  1. a crest, tuft, plume

References

  • 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