bobiki

See also: bōbiki

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