teoteo

Ternate

Etymology 1

Reduplication of teo (“seawater”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌte.o.ˈte.o]

Verb

teoteo

1. (stative) to be salty

Conjugation

Conjugation of teoteo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toteoteo	foteoteo	miteoteo
2nd person		noteoteo	niteoteo
3rd person	masculine	oteoteo	iteoteo yoteoteo (archaic)
	feminine	moteoteo
	neuter	iteoteo

Alternative forms

• toteo, totea

Etymology 2

Possibly the same as the first.

teoteo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌte.o.ˈte.o]

Noun

teoteo

1. any of the trees Cordia myxa, Cordia blancoi, and Cordia dichotoma

Alternative forms

• toteo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh