Uneapa edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tubuku

  1. chief

Proper noun edit

tubuku

  1. God

Further reading edit

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