ngofangare

Ternate

Etymology

From ngofa (“child”) +‎ ngare (“young man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌŋo.fa.ˈŋa.ɾe]

Noun

ngofangare (Jawi ڠفڠاري)

1. a collective name for men who hold the title of jurutulis, ofsir, and soseba

Pronoun

ngofangare (subject clitic to, possessive prefix ri, Jawi ڠفڠاري)

1. (very formal, masculine) first-person singular pronoun, I

   mai ngofangare tosipodo habari bato ― but I will not dwell on this

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	anah, enanh			ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †		nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

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