teoteo

Ternate

Etymology 1

Reduplication of teo (“seawater”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌte.o.ˈte.o]

Verb

teoteo

  1. (stative) to be salty
Conjugation
Conjugation of teoteo
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toteoteo foteoteo miteoteo
2nd person noteoteo niteoteo
3rd
person 		masculine oteoteo iteoteo
yoteoteo (archaic)
feminine moteoteo
neuter iteoteo
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Possibly the same as the first.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌte.o.ˈte.o]

Noun

teoteo

  1. any of the trees Cordia myxa, Cordia blancoi, and Cordia dichotoma
Alternative forms

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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