أكو

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈa.ku]

Verb

أكو (Rumi aku)

  1. (auxiliary) to be allowed, may
    ‏أكو ؤواة سکالي٢ أن إ هورو سسيرة‎ ― aku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira ― it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier

Usage notes

As an auxiliary, أكو (aku) follows the main verb. It may take the subject clitics (o, mo, etc.) only either for emphasis or when أكو (aku) is used as the sole verb in a sentence.

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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