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	toteoteo	foteoteo	miteoteo
2nd	noteoteo	niteoteo
3rd	Masculine	oteoteo	iteoteo, yoteoteo†
Feminine	moteoteo
Neuter	iteoteo
† - archaic

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