ngori
Ternate
Etymology
Cognate with Galela ngohi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈŋo.ɾi/
Pronoun
ngori (subject clitic to, possessive prefix ri, Jawi ڠوري)
- first-person singular pronoun, I
- Ngori tosonyinga moju ngana na demo se ngori. ― I still remember your words to me.
See also
Ternate personal pronouns
| independent | subject proclitic | possessive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal | Formal | |||||
| 1st person singular | ngori | fangarem, fajaruf | to | ri | ||
| 2nd person singular | ngana | ngoni, jou ngoni | no | ni | ||
| 3rd person singular | unam, minaf | om, mof, inh | im, mif, manh | |||
| 1st person plural inclusive | ngone | fo | na, nga | |||
| 1st person plural exclusive | ngomi | fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 | mi | mi, mia | ||
| 2nd person plural | ngoni | ni | na, nia | |||
| 3rd person plural | anah, enanh | ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † | nah, ngah, manh | |||
- unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
- m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
- 1 - for mixed-gender groups
- † - archaic
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
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