bacabaca

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌba.t͡ʃa.ˈba.t͡ʃa]

Noun

bacabaca

1. fishing net

Etymology 2

Reduplication of paca (“to wipe”) with lenition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌba.t͡ʃa.ˈba.t͡ʃa]

Noun

bacabaca

1. dustcloth

References

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