bibilatu

Ternate

Etymology

Compare Sahu bilatu'u (“bamboo spear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbi.bi.ˈla.tu/

Noun

bibilatu (Jawi بيبيلاتو)

1. scorpion
2. a kind of trap, snare

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