sofo

Esperanto

Sofo

Etymology

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from either Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “long seat of stone or brick”) or Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ. Compare Russian софа (sofa), Italian sofà, Chinese 沙發 / 沙发 (shāfā), Polish sofa, Spanish sofá, German Sofa, Yiddish סאָפֿע (sofe).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈsofo]
• Rhymes: -ofo
• Hyphenation: so‧fo

Noun

sofo (accusative singular sofon, plural sofoj, accusative plural sofojn)

1. sofa, couch

   La katido dormas sur la sofo. ― The kitten is sleeping on the couch.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sophus, from Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.fo/
• Rhymes: -ɔfo
• Hyphenation: sò‧fo

Noun

sofo m (plural sofi)

1. (literary, chiefly ironic or derogatory) scholar, philosopher

Further reading

• sofo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *sopok (“fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.fo/

Noun

sofo

1. fruit

Verb

sofo

1. (intransitive) to bear fruit

Conjugation

Conjugation of sofo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosofo	fosofo	misofo
2nd	nosofo	nisofo
3rd	Masculine	osofo	isofo, yosofo†
Feminine	mosofo
Neuter	isofo
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh