nyonyifi

== Ternate == === Etymology === Partial reduplication of nyifi (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Tabaru niniwiti (“whetstone”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲo.ˈɲi.fi/ === Noun === nyonyifi a whetstone, grindstone === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Tidore == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲo.ˈɲi.fi/ === Noun === nyonyifi a slipstone, grindstone === References === Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill, page 72 (as njonjifi)