cidako

Manado Malay

Noun

cidako

1. a diaper, nappy

   tu ibu da bacuci cidako ― the lady was washing the diaper

Ternate

Etymology

Said by de Clercq to come from Makasar [Term?]. Cognate with Ambonese Malay cidaku (“loincloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃi.ˈda.ko]

Noun

cidako (Jawi چيداکو)

1. a loincloth, particularly one made of bark

Alternative forms

• cidaku

References

• 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