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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
ake, water; for want of another word, “river,” and in this case even ake lamo for small
stream; sometimes a place name.
Van Musschenbroek (Tidschr. Kon. Inst., 4th series, Vol. VII, p. 30) is undoubtedly carrying
things too far when he says that this word is derived from the Spanish agua!
akherat, spiritual (from Arabic).
aktir, decree of appointment (corruption of akte).
aku, can, may; aku uwah, it is not allowed.
albahdir, four soldiers with metal breast-plates and copper helmets, who march in front of
the troops of the Sultan on formal occasions (corruption of hellebardier, halberdier).
alferes, ensign (from Portuguese).
Alif, the first year of a year-cycle of the Mohammedan era. The other years are Ha, Jim, Je,
Dal, Ba, Wau, and Dal; the fifth and eighth years both have the number 4, as is more often
found in the Malay countries. The calculation of the first day of the different months is done
for the successive years in the well-known manner.
aliguro, a shrub, Tabernaemontana coronaria R. Br.; people who suffer from smallpox are
sprinkled with water in which the flowers have been soaked.
In Filet it is incorrectly called “Alligurua bonga;” neither in the latter nor in Miguel is the
medical use stated.
Allah taala, God Almighty (from Arabic).
amo, a tree, Artocarpus integrifolia L.; the fruit is eaten.
It is incorrectly called “ambi” by Filet.
amoi, one, the first (used for people); see also rimoi. The ordinal numbers do not usually
differ from the cardinal numbers.
ampun, forgiveness (from Malay); lahi ampun, to ask for forgiveness, apologize; as in
Malay this is the usual polite form to a superior when refusing a request.
amral, pennant (perhaps from the Dutch admiraal); pake bandera si amral, provided with
flag and pennant.
(See “Ceremonial Flags” for the use of pennants.)
ana, they, them; personal pronoun, masculine-feminine plural, and usually joins with i, e.g.
ana dero or ana idero, they get; si jou kolano tarima ana hangu, the ruler did not receive
them. To form a possessive pronoun nga and sometimes also ge are added, e.g. ana ge
ngafalah, their houses.
angah, crevice, split.
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