bifi

Fula

Noun

bifi ɗi

  1. harmattan

Dialectal variants
  • kaaruwaaru (Adamawa)
  • mbooy (Fouta-toro)
  • duluuru (Liptaako)
  • ulgu (Maasina)
  • cuddi (Maasina)

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly from N- (“nominalizer”) +‎ fifi (“to suck”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbi.fi]

Noun

bifi (Jawi بيفي)

  1. ant

Descendants
  • → North Moluccan Malay: bifi (“ant”)
    • → Manado Malay: bifi (“ant”)

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
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