fofoki

Ternate

Etymology

Either by haplology from fokifoki (“eggplant”) or by partial reduplication of an unrecorded root foki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fo.ˈfo.ki]

Noun

fofoki (Jawi ففوکي)

1. the eggplant, aubergine

Alternative forms

• fokifoki (Hayami-Allen)

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