jongutu
Tabaru edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ternate jongutu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jongutu
- a mat
References edit
- Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jongutu (Jawi جڠوت)
- a mat
- sosi jongutu ― to unroll a mat
- (specifically) a sleeping mat
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- 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