wadaka

Ternate

Etymology

Probably from Javanese ꦮꦼꦝꦏ꧀ (wedhak), from Old Javanese wĕḍak. Cognate with Indonesian bedak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wa.ˈda.ka]

Noun

wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

1. powder

Verb

wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

1. (transitive) to rub
2. (transitive) to rub in, to rub into

Conjugation

Conjugation of wadaka
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	towadaka	fowadaka	miwadaka
2nd	nowadaka	niwadaka
3rd	Masculine	owadaka	iwadaka, yowadaka†
Feminine	mowadaka
Neuter	iwadaka
† - 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