tigalo

Ternate

tigalo

Etymology

From older تڠݢالو (tinggalu), from Classical Malay تڠݢالوڠ (tenggalung).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ti.ˈɡa.lo]

Noun

tigalo

1. a Malay civet (Viverra tangalunga)

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