waje
Ternate
Etymology
May be related to Sahu ajele (“to say”).
Verb
waje
- (transitive) to say
Conjugation
| Conjugation of waje | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | towaje | fowaje | miwaje | |
| 2nd | nowaje | niwaje | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | owaje | iwaje, yowaje† | |
| Feminine | mowaje | |||
| Neuter | iwaje | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
Conjunction
waje
- relative complementizer, that
- ana iwaje waje kolano osone ― they say that the king is dead
Alternative forms
- je
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh