waringi

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Ternate

waringi

Etymology

Likely from Javanese ꦮꦫꦶꦔꦶꦤ꧀ (waringin), from Old Javanese wariṅin.

Pronunciation

Noun

waringi (Jawi واريڠي)

  1. the weeping fig (Ficus benjamina)
  2. the Malayan banyan (Ficus microcarpa)

Usage notes

Specifically, de Clercq gives Urostigma (presently reclassified as a subgenus of Ficus) as the definition, of which Ficus microcarpa is the only species present in the Moluccas. Hayami-Allen writes Ficus benjamina, which may be another sense of this word, or may be a misidentification of Ficus microcarpa.

Alternative forms

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