tamelo

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Sahu tomelo (“mung bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈme.lo/

Noun

tamelo

1. mung bean (Vigna radiata)
2. Short for gulegule tamelo.
3. a kind of millet

References

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