sosua

Ternate

Etymology

Partial reduplication of sua (“to comb hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so.ˈsu.a]

Noun

sosua

1. (weaving) the reed of loom

References

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