bobatu

Borôro

Verb

bobatu

1. to play

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo.ˈba.tu]

Noun

bobatu (Jawi بباتو)

1. the plant Millettia sericea
2. the fish poison produced from its roots

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