surugogo
Tabaru
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [su.ɾu.ɡo.ɡo]
Verb
surugogo
- (stative, temporary) to be choking
References
- Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Ternate
Etymology
Said by Hayami-Allen to be from suru (“to slip something in”) + gogo (“body hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌsu.ɾu.ˈɡo.ɡo]
Verb
surugogo
- (intransitive) to swallow the wrong way
- (intransitive) to choke
Alternative forms
- sorogogo
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh