Ternate edit

Etymology edit

From Malay sengsara, from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sinsara

  1. (transitive) to torture
  2. (stative) to be difficult

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of sinsara
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosinsara fosinsara misinsara
2nd nosinsara nisinsara
3rd Masculine osinsara isinsara, yosinsara
Feminine mosinsara
Neuter isinsara
- archaic

References edit

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