tabea

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈbe.a/

Interjection

tabea (Jawi تبيىٰ)

  1. excuse me, pardon

Noun

tabea (Jawi تبيىٰ)

  1. a greeting, an act of greeting

Verb

tabea (Jawi تبيىٰ)

  1. (transitive) to greet

Conjugation

Conjugation of tabea
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person totabea fotabea mitabea
2nd person notabea nitabea
3rd
person 		masculine otabea itabea
yotabea (archaic)
feminine motabea
neuter itabea

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

West Makian

Etymology

Compare Ternate tabea (“to greet, a greeting”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪a.ˈbe.a/

Noun

tabea

  1. (polite) the head
    Synonym: apota (informal)

Alternative forms

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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