sofu

== Japanese == === Romanization === sofu Rōmaji transcription of そふ == Ladino == === Alternative forms === sofú === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish صوفو, from Arabic صوفي. === Adjective === sofu devout, pious == Nias == === Verb === sofu (imperfective manofu) (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) 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 a crest, tuft, plume === References === Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill F. W. K. Müller (1893) Einige Anmerkungen zu Groeneveldt's: "Notes on the Malay Archipelago and Malacca, compiled from Chinese sources" Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh