sosuko

Ternate

sosuko

Etymology

May be a partial reduplication of an unattested *suko. If so, compare Sahu susu'ono (“to be leaking”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.ˈsu.ko/

Noun

sosuko (Jawi سسوکو)

1. the naval shipworm (Teredo navalis)

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