foforai
Ternate
Etymology
Partial reduplication of forai (“to strew, drizzle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌfo.fo.ˈɾa.i]
Verb
foforai
- (impersonal) to drizzle
Conjugation
| Conjugation of foforai | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | tofoforai | fofoforai | mifoforai | |
| 2nd | nofoforai | nifoforai | ||
| 3rd | Human | ofoforaim, mofoforaif | ifoforai, yofoforai† | |
| Non-human | ifoforai | ifoforai, yafoforai† | ||
| * m - masculine, f - feminine, † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh