sofu
See also: söfu
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
sofu
Ladino edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish صوفو, from Arabic صوفي.
Adjective edit
sofu (Latin spelling)
Nias edit
Verb edit
sofu (imperfective manofu)
- (transitive) to ask about
References edit
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 192.
Ternate edit
Etymology 1 edit
Cognate with Malay sopo (“id.”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sofu (Jawi سوفو)
- dried skins of the bird of paradise
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly the same as the first.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sofu
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