Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of the indigenous peoples of the Moluccas having Melanesian or Austronesian ancestry and not integrated into Malay‑speaking, Islamised, or Christianised, coastal polities.
From Dutch Alfoer, from Portuguese alfouro, alforro (“free; not enslaved”), from Arabic الحرّ (al‑ḥurr, “the free”), ultimately from Arabic حر (“free, not bound”). Compare Malay Alfuru, Alfura.
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- Borrowed-form mentionAlfoernl
- Derivation mentionalfouro,alforropt
- Derivation mentionالحرّar
- Derivation mentionحرar
- Cognate mentionAlfuru, Alfurams
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