nofo

Akan

Noun

nofo

1. breast

   Me nofo yɛ me ya.

   My breast is in pain.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English enough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.fo/

Determiner

nofo

1. enough

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo. Cognates include Hawaiian noho and Maori nofo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈno.hᵝo]
• Hyphenation: no‧fo

Verb

nofo (plural nonofo)

1. (intransitive) to sit
2. (intransitive) to reside, live
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[1], 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 live together in peace and happiness.

3. (intransitive) to stay behind
4. (intransitive, + ki) to marry
5. (intransitive) to stop, stay
6. (stative) to be alive
7. (stative) to be married

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252

Tuvaluan

Verb

nofo (plural nnofo)

1. to sit