wadaka

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Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

  1. powder

Verb[edit]

wadaka (Jawi واداکه)

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

Conjugation[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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