keketo

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly from Ternate keto (“drunk”) with reduplication. Compare also Ternate koketo (“drunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.ˈke.t̪o/

Verb

keketo

1. (stative) to be drunk

Conjugation

Conjugation of keketo (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tikeketo	mikeketo	akeketo
2nd person		nikeketo	fikeketo
3rd person	inanimate	ikeketo	dikeketo
	animate	makeketo
imperative		—, keketo	—, keketo

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics