nofo
Akan
editNoun
editnofo
- breast
- Me nofo yɛ me ya.
- My breast is in pain.
Sranan Tongo
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editDeterminer
editnofo
Tokelauan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *nofo. Cognates include Hawaiian noho and Maori nofo.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editnofo (plural nonofo)
- (intransitive) to sit
- (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 [if] they live together in peace and happiness.
- (intransitive) to stay behind
- (intransitive, + ki) to marry
- (intransitive) to stop, stay
- (stative) to be alive
- (stative) to be married
References
edit- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252
Tuvaluan
editVerb
editnofo (plural nnofo)
- to sit
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