akeake
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori [Term?] (“forever and ever”), from its durability.
Noun
akeake
- (New Zealand) The tree Dodonaea viscosa; aalii.
- (New Zealand) The tree Olearia traversiorum.
- (New Zealand) The tree Olearia avicenniaefolia.
Ternate
Etymology
Reduplication of ake (“water”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌa.ke.ˈʔa.ke]
Conjugation
| Conjugation of akeake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | toakeake | foakeake | miakeake | |
| 2nd | noakeake | niakeake | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | oakeake | iakeake, yoakeake† | |
| Feminine | moakeake | |||
| Neuter | iakeake | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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