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Ternate
Etymology
Recorded first by Filet as fokki-fokki, which de Clercq labels "minder goed" (“not as good”). Cognate with Tobelo woki-woki (“eggplant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fokifoki
- the eggplant, aubergine
- fofoki (with haplology, de Clercq)
Descendants
References
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh