bodito

Tabaru

Etymology

From Ternate bodito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.ˈdi.to/

Verb

bodito

1. (intransitive) to have misfortune

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tidore bolito, East Makian bolito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.ˈdi.to/

Noun

bodito

1. an accident
2. misfortune

References

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