fofoki
Ternate
editEtymology
editEither by haplology from fokifoki (“eggplant”) or by partial reduplication of an unrecorded root foki.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfofoki (Jawi ففوکي)
Alternative forms
edit- fokifoki (Hayami-Allen)
References
edit- 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