tubuku

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tubuq (“to grow”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, *tumbuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuᵐbuku/

Noun

tubuku

1. chief

Proper noun

tubuku

1. God

Further reading

• Jennifer Blythe, Uneapa Island society in the 19th century: A reconstruction (2013), McMaster University, page 425