subasuba

Ternate

subasuba isabea

Etymology

Reduplication of suba (“to praise, to worship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌsu.ba.ˈsu.ba]

Noun

subasuba

1. the praying mantis

References

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