sonanga

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so.ˈna.ŋa]

Noun

sonanga (Jawi سناڠه)

1. a side

   tego masonangah ― to sit on the side (of something)

2. a part, portion
3. a half

   Synonym: satenga

   domaha oras masonangah adi ― to wait for half an hour

   rimoi se masonangah ― one and a half (literally, “one and it's half”)

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