kolofino
Ternate
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tidore kolofino (“afraid, scared”). Outside of North Halmahera, compare Sentani kulukulu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kolofino (Jawi کلفينو)
- (stative) to be afraid
- سبب کلفينو باتو ممناره ― sababu kolofino bato mamanara ― it was done out of fear (literally, “only because they were afraid did they act”)
- ݢناڤو کلفينو ― ganapu kolofino ― even more frightened
- (stative) to be apprehensive
- (stative) to be alarmed, concerned (out of fear)
- تلالو کلفينو ― talalu kolofino ― very alarmed
Conjugation
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tokolofino | fokolofino | mikolofino | |
| 2nd person | nokolofino | nikolofino | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | okolofino | ikolofino yokolofino (archaic) | |
| feminine | mokolofino | |||
| neuter | ikolofino | |||
Alternative forms
[edit]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