nofo
Akan
Noun
nofo
- breast
- Me nofo yɛ me ya.
- My breast is in pain.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈno.fo/
Determiner
nofo
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *nofo. Compare Hawaiian noho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈno.hᵝo]
- Hyphenation: no‧fo
Verb
nofo (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
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252
Tuvaluan
Verb
nofo (plural nnofo)
- to sit