tigalo

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Ternate

tigalo

Etymology

From older تڠݢالو (tinggalu), from Classical Malay تڠݢالوڠ (tenggalung).

Pronunciation

Noun

tigalo

  1. a Malay civet (Viverra tangalunga)

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