sonyinga
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Ternate[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From so- + nyinga (“heart, liver”).
Verb[edit]
sonyinga
- (transitive) to remember, to keep in mind (to recall from one's memory)
- Ngori tosonyinga moju ngana na demo se ngori. ― I still remember your words to me.
- (transitive) to ponder, to think about, to care about (to wonder, to be deeply concerned about)
- (transitive) to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
- (transitive) to love (to care deeply about, to be dedicated to)
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation of sonyinga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | tosonyinga | fosonyinga | misonyinga | |
| 2nd | nosonyinga | nisonyinga | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | osonyinga | isonyinga, yosonyinga† | |
| Feminine | mosonyinga | |||
| Neuter | isonyinga | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
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References[edit]
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh