boroko

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Xhosa ubuthongo.

Noun

boroko

1. sleep

Sotho

Etymology

Cognate with Xhosa ubuthongo.

Noun

boroko class 14 (uncountable)

1. sleep

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *boʀok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀək (“domestic pig”), from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀək.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boroko/

Noun

boroko

1. pig

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

Wolio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓoroko/

Noun

boroko

1. neck

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris