kolofino
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Tidore kolofino (“afraid, scared”). Outside of North Halmahera, compare Sentani kulukulu.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kolofino (Jawi کلفينو)
- (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
- (stative) to be apprehensive
- (stative) to be alarmed, concerned (out of fear)
- تلالو کلفينو ― talalu kolofino ― very alarmed
Conjugation edit
| 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 edit
References edit
- 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