Where does “boke” come from?

boke (Wolio) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs — bundle as of firewood.

boke (Wolio): to tie

Definitions

  1. to tie

Ancestry of “boke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəʀkəsbundle as of firewood
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs
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