bobiki

Ternate

Etymology

Partial reduplication of fiki (“to wash dishes”) with lenition.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bo.ˈbi.ki]

Noun

bobiki

  1. dishwater

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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