nofo

nofo

1. breast

   Me nofo yɛ me ya.

   My breast is in pain.

From English enough.

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.fo/

nofo

1. enough

From Proto-Polynesian *nofo. Cognates include Hawaiian noho and Maori nofo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈno.hᵝo]
• Hyphenation: no‧fo

nofo (plural nonofo)

1. (intransitive) to sit
2. (intransitive) to reside, live
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:

     Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.

     This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and live together in peace and happiness.

3. (intransitive) to stay behind
4. (intransitive, + ki) to marry
5. (intransitive) to stop, stay
6. (stative) to be alive
7. (stative) to be married

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252

nofo (plural nnofo)

1. to sit