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bosusu

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Duala

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bosusu

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bosusu (plural misusu)

  1. utile, sapele mahogany, Budongo heavy mahogany, feather sapele (Entandrophragma utile)[1]

References

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  1. ^ Helmlinger, Paul (1972) “bosúsu”, in Dictionnaire duala-français, suivi d’un lexique français-duala[1] (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 53

Ternate

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Etymology

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From bo- +‎ susu (milk), the second component derived from Malay.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bosusu

  1. (intransitive) to give birth

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bosusu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobosusu fobosusu mibosusu
2nd nobosusu nibosusu
3rd Masculine obosusu ibosusu, yobosusu
Feminine mobosusu
Neuter ibosusu
- archaic

Alternative forms

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References

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  • 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