nofo

Akan

Noun

nofo

1. breast

   Me nofo yɛ me ya.

   My breast is in pain.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English enough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.fo/

Determiner

nofo

1. enough

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo. Cognates include Hawaiian noho and Maori nofo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈno.hᵝo]
• Hyphenation: no‧fo

Verb

nofo (plural nonofo)

1. (intransitive) to sit
2. (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.

3. (intransitive) to stay behind
4. (intransitive, + ki) to marry
5. (intransitive) to stop, stay
6. (stative) to be alive
7. (stative) to be married

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252

Tuvaluan

Verb

nofo (plural nnofo)

1. to sit