tubuku
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *tubuq (“to grow”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, *tumbuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuᵐbuku/
Noun
tubuku
- chief
Further reading
- Jennifer Blythe, Uneapa Island society in the 19th century: A reconstruction (2013), McMaster University, page 425