naoko

Tabaru

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera (likely of the form *ɲa(w)ok); compare Galela nawo, Ternate nyao, Sahu nyao'o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.o.ko/

Noun

naoko

  1. fish

References

  • Fortgens, J. (1928) “Grammatikale Aanteekeningen van het Tabaroesch; Tabaroesche Volksverhalen en Raadsels”, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië (in Dutch), volume 84, number 2/3, →JSTOR, pages 300–544
  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics