uboubo

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Ternate

uboubo

Etymology

Reduplication of ubo (the grand eclectus), presumably for the flower's similar coloring.

Pronunciation

Noun

uboubo

  1. the Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

References

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