サフン
Okinawan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese sabão or Early Modern Spanish jabón, which came from Old Spanish xabon, which both ultimately come from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-. Cognate with Japanese シャボン (shabon). Compare Min Nan 雪文 (sap-bûn).
Noun edit
サフン (safun)