ngofangare

Ternate

Etymology

From ngofa (“child”) +‎ ngare (“young man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌŋo.fa.ˈŋa.ɾe/

Noun

ngofangare (Jawi ڠفڠاري)

1. a collective name for men who hold the title of jurutulis, ofsir, and soseba

Pronoun

ngofangare (subject clitic to, possessive prefix ri, Jawi ڠفڠاري)

1. (very formal, masculine) first-person singular pronoun, I

   mai ngofangare tosipodo habari bato ― but I will not dwell on this

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

		independent		subject proclitic	possessive
		informal	formal
singular	1st person	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf	to	ri
	2nd person	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni	no	ni
	3rd person	unam, minaf		om, mof, inh	im, mif, manh
plural	1st person inclusive	ngone		fo	na, nga
	1st person exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1	mi	mi, mia
	2nd person	ngoni		ni	na, nia
	3rd person	anah, enanh		ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †	nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

References

• 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