birbori

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West Makian

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Etymology

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Vowel-varying reduplication of bori (sharpen).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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birbori

  1. a grindstone

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics