potiukan

Central Dusun

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *patiukan (kind of honeybee) Compare Mongondow pasukan, Sangil patiukang, Sangir katiupang, Tagalog pukyutan and Tausug pussukan.

Noun

potiukan

  1. a kind of bee

References

  • potiukan”, in Dusun dictionary, 2025–2026