akeake

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori [Term?] (“forever and ever”), from its durability.

Noun

akeake

1. (New Zealand) The tree Dodonaea viscosa; aalii.
2. (New Zealand) The tree Olearia traversiorum.
3. (New Zealand) The tree Olearia avicenniaefolia.

Ternate

Etymology

Reduplication of ake (“water”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌa.ke.ˈʔa.ke]

Verb

akeake

1. (stative) to be watery, tasteless, bland

Conjugation

Conjugation of akeake
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toakeake	foakeake	miakeake
2nd	noakeake	niakeake
3rd	Masculine	oakeake	iakeake, yoakeake†
Feminine	moakeake
Neuter	iakeake
† - archaic

References

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