astafulay
التعريفات والمعاني
== Krio ==
=== Alternative forms ===
astafulai
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهَ (ʔastaḡfiru llāha).
=== Interjection ===
àstáfùlây or àstáfúlây
God forbid! It can't be so!
Àstáfùlây! Yù dɔ̀n sɛ̂l dì ôs wìtâwt tɛ̂l mî? ― Oh my goodness! You sold the house without telling me?
Àstáfúlây, à nɔ̀ mîn fɔ̀ dû dât. ― God forgive me, I didn’t mean to do that.
=== References ===
Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15