tasube

Ternate

Etymology

From Javanese tasbèh, from Arabic تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ). The second meaning may derive from a possible use of the seeds of Canna indica for making a misbaha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌta.su.ˈbeː/

Noun

tasube

1. prayer beads, misbaha
2. the Indian shot (Canna indica)

References

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