totea

totea

1. inflection of todeta:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• oteta, toeta

Partial reduplication of teo (“seawater”) with final-vowel alteration.

• IPA^(key): [to.ˈte.a]

totea

1. (stative) alternative form of teoteo (“to be salty”)

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