bidobido

Ternate

bidobido

Etymology

Possibly a reduplication of bido (“betel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌbi.do.ˈbi.do]

Noun

bidobido

1. large-leafed orange mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorhiza)

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh