Word Stress
Most words have stress on the pre-final syllable:
- words in from Bahasah Manado in in the mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch
| kaDEra | 'chair' |
| STEnga | 'half' |
| DOi | 'money' |
But there are also many words with final stress:
| buTUL | 'right, correct, true' | ||
| toLOR | 'egg' | saBONG | 'soap' |
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