wadaka

Ternate

Etymology

Probably from Javanese ꦮꦼꦝꦏ꧀ (wedhak), from Old Javanese wĕḍak. Cognate with Indonesian bedak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wa.ˈda.ka]

Noun

wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

1. powder

Verb

wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

1. (transitive) to rub
2. (transitive) to rub in, to rub into

Conjugation

Conjugation of wadaka

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		towadaka	fowadaka	miwadaka
2nd person		nowadaka	niwadaka
3rd person	masculine	owadaka	iwadaka yowadaka (archaic)
	feminine	mowadaka
	neuter	iwadaka

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