rofian.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊfɪə/,

/rə(ʊ)ˈfiːə/, U.S.

/roʊˈfiə/,

/ˈroʊfiə/

Forms: 1700s rofeer, 1800s– raofia (rare), 1800s– roffia, 1800s– rofia, 1800s– ròfia.

Origin: A borrowing from Malagasy. Etymons: Malagasy rofia, raofia.

Etymology: < Malagasy rofia, (rare) raofia fibre-yielding palm cultivated in Madagascar, soft fibre from the leaves of any of the raffia palms. Compare later raffia n., Raphia n.The vowels in the first syllable of the Malagasy variant forms are pronounced /u/ and /o/ respectively; with the former, compare the β. forms at raffia n. and the foreign-language parallels cited at that entry. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (rufī·ă) /ruːˈfiːə/.

Now rare.

More fully rofia palm, † rofia tree. A palm of the genus Raphia, a raffia palm. Cf. raffia n. 1 and Raphia n.

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pardon-tree1705

rofia1729

raphia palm1830

jupati1856

bamboo palm1866

1729 R. Drury Madagascar 394 Where the Cattle are kept is a Tree call'd Rofeer.

1832 J. Montgomery Jrnl. Voy. & Trav. (rev. ed.) III. liii. 265 The houses of the inhabitant are wretched hovels, being often made of the leaves of the rofia-palm.

1864 S. Moody Palm Tree 132 It is a native of Madagascar, where it is called the Rofia tree.

1878 Antananarivo Annual 113 Of the Palmae there is but one species found in Imerina, the Rofia.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 170/1 The ròfia palm (Sagus Ruffia), from whose pinnate leaves a valuable fibre used for cloth is obtained.

1895 W. E. Cousins Madagascar of To-day i. 15 In this part of the country almost the only trees to be seen are the raofia palm (from which the raffia fibre is obtained), the travellers tree,..and the bamboo.

1914 F. M. Hexamer Asparagus xi. 92 Nothing is better suited to this purpose than raffia fiber. This is obtained from the raffia or rofia palm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rofia
释义	rofian. Brit. /ˈrəʊfɪə/, /rə(ʊ)ˈfiːə/, U.S. /roʊˈfiə/, /ˈroʊfiə/ Forms: 1700s rofeer, 1800s– raofia (rare), 1800s– roffia, 1800s– rofia, 1800s– ròfia. Origin: A borrowing from Malagasy. Etymons: Malagasy rofia, raofia. Etymology: < Malagasy rofia, (rare) raofia fibre-yielding palm cultivated in Madagascar, soft fibre from the leaves of any of the raffia palms. Compare later raffia n., Raphia n.The vowels in the first syllable of the Malagasy variant forms are pronounced /u/ and /o/ respectively; with the former, compare the β. forms at raffia n. and the foreign-language parallels cited at that entry. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (rufī·ă) /ruːˈfiːə/. Now rare. More fully rofia palm, † rofia tree. A palm of the genus Raphia, a raffia palm. Cf. raffia n. 1 and Raphia n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > raffia palms pardon-tree1705 rofia1729 raphia palm1830 jupati1856 bamboo palm1866 1729 R. Drury Madagascar 394 Where the Cattle are kept is a Tree call'd Rofeer. 1832 J. Montgomery Jrnl. Voy. & Trav. (rev. ed.) III. liii. 265 The houses of the inhabitant are wretched hovels, being often made of the leaves of the rofia-palm. 1864 S. Moody Palm Tree 132 It is a native of Madagascar, where it is called the Rofia tree. 1878 Antananarivo Annual 113 Of the Palmae there is but one species found in Imerina, the Rofia. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 170/1 The ròfia palm (Sagus Ruffia), from whose pinnate leaves a valuable fibre used for cloth is obtained. 1895 W. E. Cousins Madagascar of To-day i. 15 In this part of the country almost the only trees to be seen are the raofia palm (from which the raffia fibre is obtained), the travellers tree,..and the bamboo. 1914 F. M. Hexamer Asparagus xi. 92 Nothing is better suited to this purpose than raffia fiber. This is obtained from the raffia or rofia palm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1729
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