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Loloda
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera (likely of the form *mokur); compare Galela moku, Tabaru mokuru, Ternate moku.
Pronunciation
Noun
mokuru
- betel nut, pinang
- mokuru imomalai ― the withered betel nut
Verb
mokuru
- (intransitive) to chew betel nut
References
- M. J. van Baarda (1904) Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira
Tabaru
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera (likely of the form *mokur); compare Galela moku, Loloda mokuru, Ternate moku.
Pronunciation
Noun
mokuru (underlying form mokur)
- betel nut, pinang
Verb
mokuru (underlying form mokur)
- (intransitive) to chew betel nut
- womokuru ― he chews betel nut
References
- Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics