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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
bangsa ma-dopolo, descendant of a headman or someone with the rank of headman.
bantah: tolu bantah, see tolu.
bantung, the Malay bantu (help).
baracinta, sorrowful, distressed (from Malay); the lengthening of bertobara is most
probably adopted from Makassarese.
barajaha, constipation, obstruction.
barangkali, perhaps (from Malay).
barhalah, idol (from Malay).
baris, to drill (from Malay).
barsi, the Malay bersih (clean).
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baru, a tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus L.; an extract from the leaves is given to prevent diarrhea.
baru-baru, soldiers of the Sultan, who form one company of more than one hundred men
under ten or more officers. Campen erroneously calls them “orang baru,” which was then
copied by de Hollander.
baruah, wooden box; baruah ma-kuci, the key of the box.
basarta, the same as sarta.
basu, to feel, perceive.
basusu, to bring forth, give birth to.
bata, tile, flagstone (from Malay).
batakah, a plant, Kaempferia Galanga L., the root is a medicine for small children.
bataku: juru bataku, servant or helper in the kitchen, which is a statute labor
requirement for household services.
bati, tree-trunk, pole, piece of wood; therefore also boundary, since this is often indicated by
a pole, and in the capital by a gun-carriage stuck in the ground.
bato, also, only, likewise.
bawah-bawah, a plant, Euryeles amboinensis Herb.
It is less correctly called “Bawafuru” by Filet.
baya, a plant, Amarantus tristis L.; the roots are used as a rememdy against dizziness.
In Filet it is “uge baya,” but uge is the vegetable prepared from it.
bedah, difference, distinction (from Malay).
belo, stake or pole, to which, among other things, a proa is tied in the sea (from Malay); mabelo
and mamabelo, being tied to a pole of proas; tobelo, to do this oneself; nobelo, to order
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