wasu

See also: wasú and wašu

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *asu (compare to Amis waco, Tagalog aso, Javanese asu).

Noun

wasu

1. dog

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwa.su]

Verb

wasu

1. (transitive) to request, to order

Conjugation

Conjugation of wasu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		towasu	fowasu	miwasu
2nd person		nowasu	niwasu
3rd person	masculine	owasu	iwasu yowasu (archaic)
	feminine	mowasu
	neuter	iwasu

References

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