nyonyifi

Ternate

Etymology

Partial reduplication of nyifi (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Tabaru niniwiti (“whetstone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲo.ˈɲi.fi/

Noun

nyonyifi

  1. a whetstone, grindstone

References

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

Tidore

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲo.ˈɲi.fi/

Noun

nyonyifi

  1. a slipstone, grindstone

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill, page 72 (as njonjifi)
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