bosusu

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Duala[edit]

bosusu

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bosusu (plural misusu)

  1. utile, sapele mahogany, Budongo heavy mahogany, feather sapele (Entandrophragma utile)[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Helmlinger, Paul (1972) “bosúsu”, in Dictionnaire duala-français, suivi d’un lexique français-duala[1] (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 53

Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bo- +‎ susu (milk), the second component derived from Malay.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bosusu

  1. (intransitive) to give birth

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of bosusu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobosusu fobosusu mibosusu
2nd nobosusu nibosusu
3rd Masculine obosusu ibosusu, yobosusu
Feminine mobosusu
Neuter ibosusu
- archaic

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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