akeake
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Maori [Term?] (“forever and ever”), from its durability.
Noun
[edit]akeake
- (New Zealand) The tree Dodonaea viscosa; aalii.
- (New Zealand) The tree Olearia traversiorum.
- (New Zealand) The tree Olearia avicenniaefolia.
Ternate
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of ake (“water”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]akeake
Conjugation
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | toakeake | foakeake | miakeake | |
| 2nd person | noakeake | niakeake | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | oakeake | iakeake yoakeake (archaic) | |
| feminine | moakeake | |||
| neuter | iakeake | |||
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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