fikafika

Ternate

Etymology

Reduplication of fika (“ash”). Compare Malay abu-abu (“gray”), also a reduplication of abu (“ash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌfi.ka.ˈfi.ka]

Noun

fikafika

1. the color gray

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh