koffie

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.fi/
  • (file)

Noun

koffie (plural koffies, diminutive koffietje)

  1. coffee

Descendants

  • Xhosa: ikofu
  • Tswana: kôšwi

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.fi/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kof‧fie

Noun

koffie f or m (plural koffies, diminutive koffietje n)

  1. coffee

Usage notes

Masculine in Belgium and the southern Netherlands, historically feminine in the northern Netherlands.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: koffie
    • Xhosa: ikofu
    • Tswana: kôšwi
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kofi
  • Burmese: ကော်ဖီ (kauhpi)
  • Negerhollands: kofi, coffie, koffee
  • Lokono: kofi
  • English: coffee (see there for further descendants)
  • Japanese: コーヒー (kōhī)
  • Latin: coffea f
  • Malay: kopi
    • Indonesian: kopi
    • Cantonese: 咖啡 (go3 bi1)
    • Min Nan: 咖啡 (ko-pi, ko-phi); 高丕, 戈丕 (obsolete)
  • Papiamentu: kòfi, koffi
  • Russian: ко́фе (kófe) (see there for further descendants)
  • Sranan Tongo: kofi (or from English)
  • West Frisian: kofje
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