sirato

Ternate

Etymology

From si- (“causative prefix”) +‎ rato (“gust of wind, storm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [si.ˈɾa.to]

Verb

sirato (Jawi سيراتو)

1. (transitive) to finish, to bring to an end
2. (transitive) to use up

Conjugation

Conjugation of sirato
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosirato	fosirato	misirato
2nd	nosirato	nisirato
3rd	Masculine	osirato	isirato, yosirato†
Feminine	mosirato
Neuter	isirato
† - archaic

References

• 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