nyefo

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *ḋopo (“smoke”), with N- prefixation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲe.fo/

Noun

nyefo

1. smoke

Alternative forms

• nyofo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
• Yuiti Wada, Correspondance of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages (1980)