bosusu

Duala

bosusu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bòsúsù/

Noun

bosusu (plural misusu)

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

Ternate

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo.ˈsu.su]

Verb

bosusu

1. (intransitive) to give birth

Conjugation

Conjugation of bosusu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobosusu	fobosusu	mibosusu
2nd person		nobosusu	nibosusu
3rd person	masculine	obosusu	ibosusu yobosusu (archaic)
	feminine	mobosusu
	neuter	ibosusu

Alternative forms

• basusu (de Clercq)

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