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