belabela

== Ternate == === Etymology === Said by Hayami-Allen to be from N- (nominalizer) +‎ fela (“to open”), with reduplication, possibly as that which opens the sky. Likely cognate with Sahu ḇelanga (“lightning”). However, also compare Proto-Trans-New Guinea *(mb,m)elak (“lightning, light”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˌbe.laˈbe.la] === Noun === belabela lightning === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh