wadaka

Ternate

Etymology

Probably from Javanese ꦮꦼꦝꦏ꧀ (wedhak), from Old Javanese wĕḍak. Cognate with Indonesian bedak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wa.ˈda.ka]

Noun

wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

  1. powder

Verb

wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

  1. (transitive) to rub
  2. (transitive) to rub in, to rub into

Conjugation

Conjugation of wadaka
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person towadaka fowadaka miwadaka
2nd person nowadaka niwadaka
3rd
person 		masculine owadaka iwadaka
yowadaka (archaic)
feminine mowadaka
neuter iwadaka

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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