teoteo

Ternate

Etymology 1

Reduplication of teo (“seawater”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˌte.o.ˈte.o]

Verb

teoteo

  1. (stative) to be salty
Conjugation
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

Etymology 2

Possibly the same as the first.

teoteo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˌte.o.ˈte.o]

Noun

teoteo

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

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