tohoko

Ternate

tohoko

Etymology

Said to be onomatopoeiatic by de Clercq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to.ˈho.ko]

Noun

tohoko (Jawi تهوکو)

1. the ground thrush (genus Geokichla)

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