Ngofabobawa

West Makian

Etymology

Formed as a Ternatean compound of ngofa (“child”) + Bobawa, a village name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋo.ɸa.bo.ˈba.wa/

Proper noun

Ngofabobawa

1. the village of Ngofabobawa

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics