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Manado Malay
Noun
cidako
- a diaper, nappy
- tu ibu da bacuci cidako ― the lady was washing the diaper
Ternate
Etymology
Said by de Clercq to come from Makasar . Cognate with Ambonese Malay cidaku (“loincloth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cidako (Jawi چيداکو)
- a loincloth, particularly one made of bark
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