baʼbiʼ

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaʔbiʔ/, [ˈɓaʔ.ɓiʔ]
  • Hyphenation: baʼ‧biʼ

Noun

baʼbiʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅᨗ)

  1. rind (skin of fruit, tree); bark; peel
    Baʼbiʼ unti ― Banana peel.
    Baʼbiʼ lame ― Cassava peel.
  2. shell (of egg, crustacean)
    Baʼbiʼ bayao ― Egg shell.
    Baʼbiʼ tude ― Mussel shell.

Verb

baʼbiʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅᨗ, semi-transitive ammaʼbiʼ)

  1. (transitive) to peel or shell with the fingers.

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Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎[1], Brill, →DOI
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