koffie

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.fi/
Audio: (file)

Noun

koffie (plural koffies, diminutive koffietje)

coffee

Descendants

→ Xhosa: ikofu
→ Tswana: kôšwi

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.fi/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: kof‧fie

Noun

koffie f or m (plural koffies, diminutive koffietje n)

coffee

Usage notes

Masculine in Belgium and the southern Netherlands, historically feminine in the northern Netherlands.

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: koffie
- → Xhosa: ikofu
- → Tswana: kôšwi
Berbice Creole Dutch: kofi
→ Burmese: ကော်ဖီ (kauhpi)
- → Rawang: gopi
Negerhollands: kofi, coffie, koffee
→ Lokono: kofi
→ English: coffee (see there for further descendants)
→ Japanese: コーヒー (kōhī)
- → Palauan: kohi
→ Latin: coffea f
→ Malay: kopi
- Indonesian: kopi
  - → Petjo: kopie
- → Cantonese: 咖啡 (go³ bi¹)
- → Min Nan: 咖啡 (ko-pi, ko-phi); 高丕, 戈丕 (obsolete)
→ Papiamentu: kòfi, koffi
→ Russian: ко́фе (kófe) (see there for further descendants)
→ Sranan Tongo: kofi (or from English)
- → Aukan: kofi
- → Caribbean Hindustani: kofi
- → Caribbean Javanese: kofi, kopi
- → Saramaccan: kofí
→ West Frisian: kofje

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