tagetage

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From tag (“roof”) +‎ etage (“floor”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /taɡetaːsjə/, [ˈtˢɑweˌtˢæːˀɕə]

Noun edit

tagetage c (singular definite tagetagen, plural indefinite tagetager)

attic, top storey, top floor

Inflection edit

Declension of tagetage

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tagetage	tagetagen	tagetager	tagetagerne
genitive	tagetages	tagetagens	tagetagers	tagetagernes

Ternate edit

Etymology edit

Possibly cognate with Javanese ꦠꦼꦏꦶ (teki, “Cyperus rotundus”). This etymon is also possibly reflected in the Ternate takki recorded by Filet, a term which de Clercq labels "minder goed" (“not as good”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˌta.ɡe.ˈta.ɡe]

Noun edit

tagetage (Jawi تاݢي تاݢي)

Java grass (Cyperus rotundus)

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