ngangaeme
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Tabaru[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From N- (nominalizer) + aeme (“to lick”) with partial reduplication. The Proto-North Halmahera ancestor of aeme may be reconstructed with initial *l or initial *ḋ. Historical N- prefixation (at the PNH stage or later) on either would have resulted in the Tabaru reflex having an initial vowel or initial n, respectively; thus, this Tabaru term must have formed after loss of initial *l or initial *ḋ, the first of which occurred relatively recently (cf. caana, salaka, both mediated through Ternate).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ngangaeme (underlying form ngangaem)
- the tongue