tautau

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Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri tàutáu (“spider”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tautàu m (possessed form tautàn)

  1. a kind of long-legged spider
  2. A skin rash thought to be caused by drinking water in which a spider has died.

References

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

tautau

  1. (stative) to be steady, fixed

Conjugation

Conjugation of tautau
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totautau fotautau mitautau
2nd notautau nitautau
3rd Masculine otautau itautau, yotautau†
Feminine motautau
Neuter itautau
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Ideophone

táútáú

  1. (of earth, climate etc.) bone-dry; arid; parched
    Antonym: gbingbin
    Ó ti gbẹ táútáú. ― It has completely dried.
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