Ternate edit

Etymology edit

Literally, "to blow one's mouth".

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hio mada

  1. (intransitive) to whistle
    una ohio madahe whistled

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of hio mada
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tohio mada fohio mada mihio mada
2nd nohio mada nihio mada
3rd Masculine ohio mada ihio mada, yohio mada
Feminine mohio mada
Neuter ihio mada
- archaic

References edit

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