sofu

See also: söfu

Japanese

Romanization

sofu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of そふ

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • sofú

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صوفو, from Arabic صوفي.

Adjective

sofu

  1. devout, pious

Nias

Verb

sofu (imperfective manofu)

  1. (transitive) to ask about

References

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 192.

Ternate

Etymology 1

Cognate with Malay sopo (“id.”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈso.fu]

Noun

sofu (Jawi سوفو)

  1. dried skins of the bird of paradise
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Possibly the same as the first.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈso.fu]

Noun

sofu

  1. a crest, tuft, plume

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • F. W. K. Müller (1893) Einige Anmerkungen zu Groeneveldt's: "Notes on the Malay Archipelago and Malacca, compiled from Chinese sources"
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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