English Explanatory Dictionary

Alfur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unbrella term for indigenous people of the Moluccas having Melanesian or Austronesian ancestry and not integrated into Malay‑speaking, Islamised, or Christianised, coastal polities.

Word forms

Alfur Alfurs Alfuro

Etymology

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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