bifi

== Fula == === Noun === bifi ɗi harmattan ==== Synonyms ==== == North Moluccan Malay == === Etymology === From Ternate bifi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.fi/ Hyphenation: bi‧fi === Noun === bifi ant == Sahu == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ternate bifi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.fi/ === Noun === bifi ant === References === Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987), Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill == Ternate == === Etymology === Possibly from N- (“nominalizer”) +‎ fifi (“to suck”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.fi/ === Noun === bifi (Jawi بيفي) ant ==== Descendants ==== → North Moluccan Malay: bifi → Manado Malay: bifi → Sahu: bifi === 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