West Makian edit

Etymology edit

From jou (politeness morpheme) + be (water).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

joube

  1. (transitive, polite) to drink
    Synonym: bebe (informal)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of joube (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tojoube mojoube ajoube
2nd person nojoube fojoube
3rd person inanimate ijoube dojoube
animate
imperative nojoube, joube fojoube, joube

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as jowbe)