bosusu

Duala

bosusu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bòsúsù/

Noun

bosusu (plural misusu)

1. utile, sapele mahogany, Budongo heavy mahogany, feather sapele (Entandrophragma utile)

Ternate

Etymology

From bo- +‎ susu (“milk”), the second component derived from Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo.ˈsu.su]

Verb

bosusu

1. (intransitive) to give birth

Conjugation

Conjugation of bosusu
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tobosusu	fobosusu	mibosusu
2nd	nobosusu	nibosusu
3rd	Masculine	obosusu	ibosusu, yobosusu†
Feminine	mobosusu
Neuter	ibosusu
† - archaic

Alternative forms

• basusu (de Clercq)

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