akeake

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori (“forever and ever”), from its durability.

Noun

akeake

  1. (New Zealand) The tree Dodonaea viscosa; aalii.
  2. (New Zealand) The tree Olearia traversiorum.
  3. (New Zealand) The tree Olearia avicenniaefolia.

Ternate

Etymology

Reduplication of ake (“water”)

Pronunciation

Verb

akeake

  1. (stative) to be watery, tasteless, bland

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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