akeake

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Maori [Term?] (forever and ever), from its durability.

Noun[edit]

akeake

  1. (New Zealand) The tree Dodonaea viscosa; aalii.
  2. (New Zealand) The tree Olearia traversiorum.
  3. (New Zealand) The tree Olearia avicenniaefolia.

Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication of ake (water)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

akeake

  1. (stative) to be watery, tasteless, bland

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of akeake
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toakeake foakeake miakeake
2nd noakeake niakeake
3rd Masculine oakeake iakeake, yoakeake
Feminine moakeake
Neuter iakeake
- archaic

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh