Cognate with Ternate tufa (“sky”) and possibly Loloda diwama.
tupam
- the sky
- Dick Teljeur (1982) Short Wordlists from South Halmahera, Kayoa, Makian, Ternate, Tidore, and Bacan[1], Pacific linguistics (tipam from Tagono village)
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics