sofo

Esperanto

Sofo

Etymology

From English sofa, French sofa, German Sofa, Italian sofà, Polish sofa, and Russian софа (sofa).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈsofo]
• Rhymes: -ofo
• Hyphenation: so‧fo

Noun

sofo (accusative singular sofon, plural sofoj, accusative plural sofojn)

1. sofa, couch

   La katido dormas sur la sofo. ― The kitten is sleeping on the couch.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sophus, from Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.fo/
• Rhymes: -ɔfo
• Hyphenation: sò‧fo

Noun

sofo m (plural sofi)

1. (literary, chiefly ironic or derogatory) scholar, philosopher

Further reading

• sofo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *sopok (“fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.fo/

Noun

sofo

1. fruit

Verb

sofo

1. (intransitive) to bear fruit

Conjugation

Conjugation of sofo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosofo	fosofo	misofo
2nd person		nosofo	nisofo
3rd person	masculine	osofo	isofo yosofo (archaic)
	feminine	mosofo
	neuter	isofo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh