safo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Homophone: Safo
Rhymes: -afu
Hyphenation: sa‧fo
=== Etymology 1 ===
Deverbal from safar.
==== Adjective ====
safo (feminine safa, masculine plural safos, feminine plural safas)
(of a person) safe
Synonyms: seguro, são, salvo
(of an object) wore out
Synonyms: gasto, desgastado
(Brazil, slang, of a person) clever, witty
Synonyms: esperto, sagaz
free, having escaped
Synonyms: livre, desimpedido, desprendido
(nautical, of a vessel) freed from stranding
==== Noun ====
safo m (plural safos)
(slang) handkerchief
Synonym: lenço
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
safo
first-person singular present indicative of safar
=== Further reading ===
“safo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“safo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“safo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“safo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Ternate ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Sahu sawo'o, Tobelo hawoko.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈsa.fo/
=== Noun ===
safo (Jawi سافو)
a bowl, cup
=== 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
== West Makian ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Ternate sahu (“warm”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈs̪a.ɸo/
=== Verb ===
safo
(stative) to be warm
(stative) to have a fever
(stative) to ache, pain, hurt
ti bodo isafo ― my stomach aches
(stative) to be painful (due to a blow, etc.)
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics