Ternate

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Etymology

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Univerbation of ngori (I) +‎ to- (first-person singular clitic)

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngoto (possessive prefix ri)

  1. first-person singular pronoun, I
    ngoto hohe bahayaI laughed a lot

Usage notes

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As the clitic here is fused with the pronoun, this pronomial form does not apply a subject clitic to the following verb.

See also

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References

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  • 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