ngangaeme

Etymology
From with partial. The Proto-North Halmahera ancestor of may be reconstructed with initial *l or initial *ḋ. Historical N- prefixation (at the PNH stage or later) on either would have resulted in the Tabaru reflex having an initial vowel or initial n, respectively; thus, this Tabaru term must have formed after loss of initial *l or initial *ḋ, the first of which occurred relatively recently (cf., , both mediated through Ternate).

Noun

 * 1) the tongue