surugogo

Tabaru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [su.ɾu.ɡo.ɡo]

Verb

surugogo

1. (stative, temporary) to be choking

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Ternate

Etymology

Said by Hayami-Allen to be from suru (“to slip something in”) +‎ gogo (“body hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌsu.ɾu.ˈɡo.ɡo]

Verb

surugogo

1. (intransitive) to swallow the wrong way
2. (intransitive) to choke

Conjugation

Conjugation of surugogo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosurugogo	fosurugogo	misurugogo
2nd	nosurugogo	nisurugogo
3rd	Masculine	osurugogo	isurugogo, yosurugogo†
Feminine	mosurugogo
Neuter	isurugogo
† - archaic

Alternative forms

• sorogogo

References

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