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tigo

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French tige (“stem, stalk”). Doublet of tibio.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tigo (accusative singular tigon, plural tigoj, accusative plural tigojn)

  1. (botany) haulm, stalk, stem (of a plant)

Minangkabau edit

Minangkabau cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : tigo
    Ordinal : katigo

Etymology edit

Compare Indonesian tiga, Malay tiga.

Numeral edit

tigo

  1. three

Ternate edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tigo

  1. (intransitive) for one's joints to ache
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tigo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totigo fotigo mitigo
2nd notigo nitigo
3rd Masculine otigo itigo, yotigo†
Feminine motigo
Neuter itigo
† - archaic

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tigo

  1. (intransitive) to choke
  2. (stative) to be stuck

Etymology 3 edit

Possibly assimilated from Malay tinggal. However, de Clercq lists the verbs tikah and tego of almost identical meaning, of one of which this may be a descendant.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tigo

  1. (intransitive) to stay behind

References edit

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