tagetage

Danish

Etymology

From tag (“roof”) +‎ etage (“floor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɡetaːsjə/, [ˈtˢɑweˌtˢæːˀɕə]

Noun

tagetage c (singular definite tagetagen, plural indefinite tagetager)

1. attic, top storey, top floor

Inflection

Declension of tagetage

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tagetage	tagetagen	tagetager	tagetagerne
genitive	tagetages	tagetagens	tagetagers	tagetagernes

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Javanese ꦠꦼꦏꦶ (teki, “Cyperus rotundus”). This etymon is also possibly reflected in the Ternate takki recorded by Filet, a term which de Clercq labels "minder goed" (“not as good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌta.ɡe.ˈta.ɡe]

Noun

tagetage (Jawi تاݢي تاݢي)

1. Java grass (Cyperus rotundus)

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