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Sahu
Etymology
Reduplication of *posi. Cognate with Ternate posiposi.
Pronunciation
Noun
posiposi
- the aerial roots of the mangrove tree
References
- Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill, page 21
Ternate
Etymology
Cognate with Sahu posiposi.
Pronunciation
Noun
posiposi (Jawi ڤوسي ڤوسي)
- mangrove trees of the genus Sonneratia
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