buebue

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bulbul (“body hair; feathers”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

buebue

1. hair (on skin)
2. feather

Reduplication of bue (“to swing”)

• IPA^(key): [ˌbu.e.ˈbu.e]

buebue

1. a swing

• buibui

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