kolofino

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tidore kolofino (“afraid, scared”). Outside of North Halmahera, compare Sentani kulukulu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌko.lo.ˈfi.no/

Verb

kolofino (Jawi کلفينو‎)

  1. (stative) to be afraid
    ‏سبب کلفينو باتو ممناره‎ ― sababu kolofino bato mamanara ― it was done out of fear (literally, “only because they were afraid did they act”)
    ‏ݢناڤو کلفينو‎‎ ― ganapu kolofino ― even more frightened
  2. (stative) to be apprehensive
  3. (stative) to be alarmed, concerned (out of fear)
    ‏تلالو کلفينو‎‎ ― talalu kolofino ― very alarmed

Conjugation
Conjugation of kolofino
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tokolofino fokolofino mikolofino
2nd nokolofino nikolofino
3rd Human okolofinom, mokolofinof ikolofino, yokolofino†
Non-human ikolofino ikolofino, yokolofino†
* m - masculine, f - feminine, † - archaic

Alternative forms

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
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