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Danish
Etymology
From tag (“roof”) + etage (“floor”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tagetage c (singular definite tagetagen, plural indefinite tagetager)
- attic, top storey, top floor
Inflection
Ternate
Etymology
Possibly cognate with Javanese ꦠꦼꦏꦶ (teki, “Cyperus rotundus”). This etymon is also possibly reflected in the Ternate takki recorded by Filet, a term which de Clercq labels "minder goed" (“not as good”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tagetage (Jawi تاݢي تاݢي)
- Java grass (Cyperus rotundus)
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