sufu

See also: SuFu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُوف (ṣūf).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

sufu class IX (no plural)

  1. wool

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184 Nr. 1632

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate soho (“pig”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪u.ˈɸu/

Noun

sufu

  1. pig

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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