joou

Ternate

Joou Baabullah

Etymology

From N- (nominalizer) +‎ coou (“to serve”), possibly signifying the one served.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒo.ˈ(ʔ)o.u/

Noun

joou (Jawi جوو)

1. lord
2. sultan
3. god

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