Ternate edit

Etymology 1 edit

Reduplication of teo (seawater)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

teoteo

  1. (stative) to be salty
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of teoteo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toteoteo foteoteo miteoteo
2nd noteoteo niteoteo
3rd Masculine oteoteo iteoteo, yoteoteo
Feminine moteoteo
Neuter iteoteo
- archaic
Alternative forms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Possibly the same as the first.

 
teoteo

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

teoteo

  1. any of the trees Cordia myxa, Cordia blancoi, and Cordia dichotoma
Alternative forms edit

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh