tigo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French tige (“stem, stalk”). Doublet of tibio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiɡo]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Hyphenation: ti‧go

Noun

tigo (accusative singular tigon, plural tigoj, accusative plural tigojn)

1. (botany) haulm, stalk, stem (of a plant)

Minangkabau

Minangkabau cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tigo     Ordinal : katigo

Etymology

Compare Indonesian tiga, Malay tiga.

Numeral

tigo

1. three

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ɡo]

Verb

tigo

1. (intransitive) for one's joints to ache

Conjugation

Conjugation of tigo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totigo	fotigo	mitigo
2nd	notigo	nitigo
3rd	Masculine	otigo	itigo, yotigo†
Feminine	motigo
Neuter	itigo
† - archaic

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ɡo]

Verb

tigo

1. (intransitive) to choke
2. (stative) to be stuck

Etymology 3

Possibly assimilated from Malay tinggal. However, de Clercq lists the verbs tikah and tego of almost identical meaning, of one of which this may be a descendant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ɡo]

Verb

tigo

1. (intransitive) to stay behind

References

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