boiboi

Ternate

Etymology

Reduplication of boi (“to throw out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌbo.i.ˈbo.i]

Noun

boiboi

1. something thrown, something that has been thrown

References

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