Manado Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Ternate goraka (ginger).

Noun edit

goraka

  1. ginger.

Ternate edit

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with Sahu gala'a (ginger).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

goraka (Jawi ݢراکا)

  1. ginger

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

goraka

  1. (stative) to be bent over
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of goraka
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st togoraka fogoraka migoraka
2nd nogoraka nigoraka
3rd Masculine ogoraka igoraka, yogoraka
Feminine mogoraka
Neuter igoraka
- archaic

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