wadaka
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Javanese ꦮꦼꦝꦏ꧀ (wedhak), from Old Javanese wĕḍak. Cognate with Indonesian bedak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wadaka (Jawi واداکه)
Verb edit
wadaka (Jawi واداکه)
- (transitive) to rub
- (transitive) to rub in, to rub into
Conjugation edit
| 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 edit
- 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