kolofino

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tidore kolofino (“afraid, scared”). Outside of North Halmahera, compare Sentani kulukulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌko.lo.ˈfi.no/

Verb

kolofino (Jawi کلفينو)

1. (stative) to be afraid

   سبب کلفينو باتو ممناره ― sababu kolofino bato mamanara ― it was done out of fear (literally, “only because they were afraid did they act”)

   ݢناڤو کلفينو ― ganapu kolofino ― even more frightened

2. (stative) to be apprehensive
3. (stative) to be alarmed, concerned (out of fear)

   تلالو کلفينو ― talalu kolofino ― very alarmed

Conjugation

Conjugation of kolofino
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tokolofino	fokolofino	mikolofino
2nd	nokolofino	nikolofino
3rd	Masculine	okolofino	ikolofino, yokolofino†
Feminine	mokolofino
Neuter	ikolofino
† - archaic

Alternative forms

• kolfino, golofino, golfino

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