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 (Latin spelling)

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

• sofi

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