nyonyifi
Appearance
Ternate
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial reduplication of nyifi (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Tabaru niniwiti (“whetstone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyonyifi
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tidore
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyonyifi
References
[edit]- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill, page 72 (as njonjifi)