berebere

Rukai

Noun

berebere

1. cartilage of the rib of pigs or other hunting prey

Spanish

Noun

berebere m or f by sense (plural bereberes)

1. alternative form of bereber (“Berber”)

Further reading

• “berebere”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.re.ˈbe.re/

Verb

berebere

1. (stative) to be weak

Conjugation

Conjugation of berebere (stative verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tiberebere	miberebere	aberebere
2nd person		niberebere	fiberebere
3rd person	inanimate	iberebere	diberebere
	animate	maberebere
imperative		—, berebere	—, berebere

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bé.ɾé.bé.ɾé/

Ideophone

bérébéré

1. (of a weapon or tongue) sharp

   Idà tó mú bérébéré ― A sword that is exceptionally sharp

2. (of knowledge, figurative) sharp