sumesume

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Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication of sume (to blow one's nose).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sumesume

  1. (intransitive) to sob

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of sumesume
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosumesume fosumesume misumesume
2nd nosumesume nisumesume
3rd Masculine osumesume isumesume, yosumesume
Feminine mosumesume
Neuter isumesume
- archaic

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh