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balobalo

Ternate edit

Etymology edit

From N- (nominalizer) +‎ falo (“to bail, bucket”), with reduplication. Compare also falofalo (“ladle”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

balobalo

  1. scoop
  2. ladle
    Synonym: falofalo

References edit

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