sumesume
Ternate
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of sume (“to blow one's nose”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sumesume
- (intransitive) to sob
Conjugation
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tosumesume | fosumesume | misumesume | |
| 2nd person | nosumesume | nisumesume | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | osumesume | isumesume yosumesume (archaic) | |
| feminine | mosumesume | |||
| neuter | isumesume | |||
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh