fandun
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Ternate
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from Arabic فَرْضٌ (farḍun) (with assimilation), nominative of فَرْض (farḍ, “duty, obligation”). Compare also Sranan Tongo fandun (“necessary”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fandun
- to need
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of fandun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | tofandun | fofandun | mifandun | |
| 2nd | nofandun | nifandun | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | ofandun | ifandun, yofandun† | |
| Feminine | mofandun | |||
| Neuter | ifandun | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh