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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
antarah, the Malay antara; ma-antarah wange rau, after a few days; ma-antarah futu romdidi,
with an interval of two nights.
arah, moon, month; bia arah, the Conus shell.
ari: 1. to weep, cry. 2. abbreviation of hari raja.
artape, corrupt form of the Dutch aardappel (potato).
asal, origin, descent (from Malay); kodiho toma asal, to return to the place of origin, die.
asan jawa, the familiar tamarind.
astanah, habit, custom (from Arabic).
asu, except, other than; sometimes joined with bolo, to become bolo asu.
atas, in, in accordance (from Malay).
atawa, or (in writings) (from Malay); or (in the spoken language), bolo.
atis, a shrub, Anona squamosa L.
aturan, arrangement, order (from Malay).
awo, blood; awo bobudo, fluor albus; sidagi awo, bloody diarrhea.
awu, sailor, oarsman; in the Malay of the Moluccas, often masanai or masnait.
ayah, mother.
ayat, verse from the Koran (from Arabic).
Ba, the sixth year of a year-cycle.
B
babah, father; unknown natives are addressed with this word; those of Chinese descent are
addressed with nyong. Since the titles of son and father are used in the epistolary style
between the Sultans and the Head of the Government, this form is sometimes retained in
the appended documents.
babu, to fall, be overthrown; ibabu toma kaha, they fell on the ground.
Babua, name of a sizable rock to the north of the island of Hiri, separated from it by a
strait.
bacah, to read (from Malay).
Bacan, the sultanate and island of that name. This is the correct spelling, and is found in
the letter of Valentijn (Ib, p. 122); I have never observed the of van der Crab (in
Naidah [van der Crab, TKI], p. 462).
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