wadaka

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Probably from Javanese ꦮꦼꦝꦏ꧀ (wedhak), from Old Javanese wĕḍak. Cognate with Indonesian bedak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

  1. powder

Verb

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wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

  1. (transitive) to rub
  2. (transitive) to rub in, to rub into

Conjugation

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Conjugation of wadaka
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st towadaka fowadaka miwadaka
2nd nowadaka niwadaka
3rd Masculine owadaka iwadaka, yowadaka
Feminine mowadaka
Neuter iwadaka
- archaic

References

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  • 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