soasoa

Ternate

soasoa

Etymology

Cognate with Indonesian soa-soa (“Hydrosaurus amboinensis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌso.a.ˈso.a]

Noun

soasoa

1. the lizard Hydrosaurus amboinensis

References

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