pariama

== Makasar == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pariˈama/, [pʰa.ri.ˈjã.mã] Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧a‧ma === Noun === pariama (Lontara spelling ᨄᨑᨗᨐᨆ or 𑻣𑻭𑻳𑻬𑻥, definite pariamaya) a period of eight years (equivalent to a windu). ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Ternate == === Etymology === Uncertain. Outside of Halmahera, compare Makasar pariama (“century, era”), Wolio pariama (“western star, Venus?”), Gorontalo poliama (“year”) and Muna pomoilo (“time of year of the Pleiades?”). The sense 'year' is derived from the regularity with which the Pleiades appear in the sky, which served as an indication for planting crops, among other things, marking the cycle of a year. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.ɾi.ˈa.ma/ === Proper noun === pariama (Jawi ڤريام) the Pleiades === Noun === pariama (Jawi ڤريام) a year Synonyms: tahun, musum ==== Descendants ==== → Galela: pariama → Sahu: pariama → Sawai: pariyama, pariama (or from Tidore) → Tabaru: pariama → Tobelo: pariama → West Makian: pariama === 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 == West Makian == === Etymology === From Ternate pariama (“Pleiades”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.ri.ˈa.ma/ === Noun === pariama a star === References === James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[1], Pacific linguistics