fajaru
Ternate
Etymology
A shortening of ngofajaru (“id.”), itself from ngofa (“child”) + jaru (“young woman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fa.ˈd͡ʒa.ɾu]
Pronoun
fajaru (subject clitic to, possessive prefix ri, Jawi فجارو)
- (formal, feminine) first-person singular pronoun, I
Alternative forms
- fajaro
See also
Ternate personal pronouns
independent | subject proclitic | possessive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal | Formal | |||||
1st person singular | ngori | fangarem, fajaruf | to | ri | ||
2nd person singular | ngana | ngoni, jou ngoni | no | ni | ||
3rd person singular | unam, minaf | om, mof, inh | im, mif, manh | |||
1st person plural inclusive | ngome | fo | na, nga | |||
1st person plural exclusive | ngomi | fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 | mi | mi, mia | ||
2nd person plural | ngoni | ni | na, nia | |||
3rd person plural | anah, enanh | ih, nh, yo2 | nah, ngah, manh |
- m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human nh - non-human
- † - unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
- 1 - for mixed-gender groups
- 2 - archaic, for human groups
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