sagusagu

Ternate

Etymology

Reduplication of sagu (“to stab, spear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌsa.ɡu.ˈsa.ɡu]

Noun

sagusagu (Jawi ساݢو ساݢو)

1. a spear, lance, assegai

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