sirato
Ternate
Etymology
From si- (“causative prefix”) + rato (“gust of wind, storm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [si.ˈɾa.to]
Verb
sirato (Jawi سيراتو)
- (transitive) to finish, to bring to an end
- (transitive) to use up
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tosirato | fosirato | misirato | |
| 2nd person | nosirato | nisirato | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | osirato | isirato yosirato (archaic) | |
| feminine | mosirato | |||
| neuter | isirato | |||
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