Where does “bawa” come from?

bawa (Ternate) comes from Malay bawang — a generic name for onion, include garlic, leek etc.

bawa (Ternate): onion

Definitions

  1. onion

Ancestry of “bawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybawanga generic name for onion, include garlic, leek etc
Every word from Malay bawang