safo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.fu/

• Hyphenation: sa‧fo
• Rhymes: -afu

Adjective

safo (feminine safa, masculine plural safos, feminine plural safas)

1. (of a person) safe

   Synonyms: seguro, são, salvo

2. (of an object) wore out

   Synonyms: gasto, desgastado

3. (Brazil, slang, of a person) clever, witty

   Synonyms: esperto, sagaz

4. free, having escaped

   Synonyms: livre, desimpedido, desprendido

5. (nautical, of a vessel) freed from stranding

Noun

safo m (plural safos)

1. (slang) handkerchief

   Synonym: lenço

Verb

safo

1. first-person singular present indicative of safar

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.fo/

Noun

safo (Jawi سافو)

1. a bowl
2. a cup

References

• 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

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate sahu (“warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪a.ɸo/

Verb

safo

1. (stative) to be warm
2. (stative) to have a fever
3. (stative) to ache, pain, hurt

   ti bodo isafo ― my stomach aches

4. (stative) to be painful (due to a blow, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of safo (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tisafo	misafo	asafo
2nd person		nisafo	fisafo
3rd person	inanimate	isafo	disafo
	animate	masafo
imperative		—, safo	—, safo

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics