Teketen

West Makian

Etymology

Related to East Makian Keten (“Moti island”). The form as listed here may in fact simply be ta (“locative preposition”) + Keten, in which case the second element would be the island's actual name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪e.ˈke.t̪en̪/

Proper noun

Teketen

1. Moti island

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics