safo

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.fu/

  • Hyphenation: sa‧fo
  • Rhymes: -afu

Adjective

safo (feminine safa, masculine plural safos, feminine plural safas)

  1. (of a person) safe
    Synonyms: seguro, são, salvo
  2. (of an object) wore out
    Synonyms: gasto, desgastado
  3. (Brazil, slang, of a person) clever, witty
    Synonyms: esperto, sagaz
  4. free, having escaped
    Synonyms: livre, desimpedido, desprendido
  5. (nautical, of a vessel) freed from stranding

Noun

safo m (plural safos)

  1. (slang) handkerchief
    Synonym: lenço

Verb

safo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of safar

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.fo/

Noun

safo (Jawi سافو‎)

  1. a bowl
  2. a 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

  1. (stative) to be warm
  2. (stative) to have a fever
  3. (stative) to ache, pain, hurt
    ti bodo isafo ― my stomache aches
  4. (stative) to be painful (due to a blow, etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of safo (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tisafo misafo asafo
2nd person nisafo fisafo
3rd person inanimate isafo disafo
animate masafo
imperative —, safo —, safo

References
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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