rufu

Nupe

Rufu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾū.fū/

Noun

rufu

1. mould; mildew

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rufu/

Verb

rufu (perfective rufi or rufa, imperfective ttrufu, verbal noun irifi, Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵓⴼⵓ, Arabic spelling روفو) (intransitive, stative)

1. to be thirsty

   Synonym: fud

2. to be dry

   Synonym: iɣar

See also

• luẓẓ (“to be hungry”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 M–Š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾu.fu]

Verb

rufu

1. (intransitive) to shut one's eyes

Conjugation

Conjugation of rufu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		torufu	forufu	mirufu
2nd person		norufu	nirufu
3rd person	masculine	orufu	irufu yorufu (archaic)
	feminine	morufu
	neuter	irufu

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾu.fu]

Noun

rufu

1. the tree Trema orientalis

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh