Ternate edit

Etymology edit

From earlier sofutu, possibly with a change in prefix from the obsolete so to the still-productive si.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

sifutu

  1. Alternative form of sofutu (at night)

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh