bokoboko

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Reduplicated borrowing from Dutch bok.

Noun

bokoboko

  1. buck, billy goat

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

bokoboko

  1. a dish prepared by baking sago in bamboo

References

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

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

bokoboko

  1. (stative) to be round and flat

Conjugation

Conjugation of bokoboko (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tibokoboko mibokoboko abokoboko
2nd person nibokoboko fibokoboko
3rd person inanimate ibokoboko dibokoboko
animate mabokoboko
imperative —, bokoboko —, bokoboko

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics