Ternate

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Etymology

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Reduplication of beto (word).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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betobeto

  1. (intransitive) to talk a lot

Conjugation

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Conjugation of betobeto
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobetobeto fobetobeto mibetobeto
2nd nobetobeto nibetobeto
3rd Masculine obetobeto ibetobeto, yobetobeto
Feminine mobetobeto
Neuter ibetobeto
- archaic

References

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