Ternate

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Etymology

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Cognate with Sahu tomelo (mung bean).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tamelo

  1. mung bean (Vigna radiata)
  2. Short for gulegule tamelo.
  3. a kind of millet

References

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