jongutu

Tabaru

Etymology

Borrowed from Ternate jongutu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒo.ŋu.tu]

Noun

jongutu

1. a mat

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒo.ˈŋu.tu]

Noun

jongutu (Jawi جڠوت)

1. a mat

   sosi jongutu ― to unroll a mat

2. (specifically) a sleeping mat

Alternative forms

• jingutu

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