Ternate edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of beto (word).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

betobeto

  1. (intransitive) to talk a lot

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of betobeto
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobetobeto fobetobeto mibetobeto
2nd nobetobeto nibetobeto
3rd Masculine obetobeto ibetobeto, yobetobeto
Feminine mobetobeto
Neuter ibetobeto
- archaic

References edit

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