betobeto
Ternate
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of beto (“word”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]betobeto
- (intransitive) to talk a lot
Conjugation
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tobetobeto | fobetobeto | mibetobeto | |
| 2nd person | nobetobeto | nibetobeto | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | obetobeto | ibetobeto yobetobeto (archaic) | |
| feminine | mobetobeto | |||
| neuter | ibetobeto | |||
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh