kolofino

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Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kolofino (Jawi کلفينو)

  1. (stative) to be afraid
    سبب کلفينو باتو ممنارهsababu kolofino bato mamanarait was done out of fear (literally, “only because they were afraid did they act”)
    ݢناڤو کلفينوganapu kolofinoeven more frightened
  2. (stative) to be apprehensive
  3. (stative) to be alarmed, concerned (out of fear)
    تلالو کلفينوtalalu kolofinovery alarmed

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of kolofino
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tokolofino fokolofino mikolofino
2nd nokolofino nikolofino
3rd Masculine okolofino ikolofino, yokolofino
Feminine mokolofino
Neuter ikolofino
- archaic

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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