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Ternate
Etymology
Cognate with Tidore kolofino (“afraid, scared”). Outside of North Halmahera, compare Sentani kulukulu.
Pronunciation
Verb
kolofino (Jawi کلفينو)
- (stative) to be afraid
- سبب کلفينو باتو ممناره ― sababu kolofino bato mamanara ― it was done out of fear (literally, “only because they were afraid did they act”)
- ݢناڤو کلفينو ― ganapu kolofino ― even more frightened
- (stative) to be apprehensive
- (stative) to be alarmed, concerned (out of fear)
- تلالو کلفينو ― talalu kolofino ― very alarmed
Conjugation
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