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Northern Sotho
Etymology
Cognate with Xhosa ubuthongo.
Noun
boroko
- sleep
Sotho
Etymology
Cognate with Xhosa ubuthongo.
Noun
boroko class 14 (uncountable)
- sleep
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *boʀok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀək (“domestic pig”), from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀək.
Pronunciation
Noun
boroko
- pig
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
Wolio
Pronunciation
Noun
boroko
- neck
References
- Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris