Ternate

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Etymology

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Reduplication of fika (ash). Compare Malay abu-abu (gray), also a reduplication of abu (ash).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fikafika

  1. the color gray

References

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