bobiki

See also: bōbiki

Ternate

Etymology

Partial reduplication of fiki (“to wash dishes”) with lenition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo.ˈbi.ki]

Noun

bobiki

1. dishwater

References

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