suasua

Ternate

Etymology

Reduplication of sua (“to comb hair”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌsu.a.ˈsu.a]

Noun

suasua

1. a hair comb

Alternative forms

• susua

References

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