Ternate

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Etymology

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Reduplication of sagu (to stab, spear).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sagusagu (Jawi ساݢو ساݢو)

  1. a spear, lance, assegai

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