fitake

Ternate

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bitaquʀ, possibly through Proto-Oceanic *pitaquR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ˈta.ke/

Noun

fitake

1. the tamanu (Calophyllum inophyllum)

Alternative forms

• fitako

References

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