ciko

Amis

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux. Cognates with Tagalog siko and Malay siku.

Noun

ciko

1. (anatomy) elbow

References

“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ko/

Verb

ciko

1. (stative) to be crooked, bent

Conjugation

Conjugation of ciko
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tociko	fociko	miciko
2nd	nociko	niciko
3rd	Masculine	ociko	iciko, yociko†
Feminine	mociko
Neuter	iciko
† - archaic

References

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