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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
biru, a blue coloring-matter obtained from indigo leaves.
bitu, lip.
bobane, see pane.
bobato, collective name of oarsmen or fighters, such as heads of kampongs and the like.
bobatu, a plant, Millettia sericea W. et Arn.; the roots are used to drug fish, which come
floating to the surface of the water to be caught with the hands.
bobo, a tree, Nipah fruticans Wrmb.; the wood of the trunk is cut into small pieces and put in
the wash-water of babies, and the leaves are used for roof-covering.
Bobo ma-dehe, Cape Bobo, the southernmost point of the island of Tidore.
boboocah, 1. a kind of squid with long tentacles; the smaller species are eaten, the bigger ones
are said to be dangerous to proas because they entwine them and drag them along. It is claimed
that they live in coral-rock cavities and take on the color of that rock so that only experts can
catch them. 2. a creeper, Roxburghia javanica Kunth.; the leaves are put on swollen parts of
the body.
It is less correctly called “Bootsja” by Filet.
boboso, prohibited, holy, unclean (the Polynesian tabu); sometimes corrupted to foso and poso.
bobudo, white.
bodigah, bewitched, under a spell.
bodito, accident, disaster.
boi, to throw away, throw down; siboi, id.; masiboi, to do that to oneself, thus to jump, leap;
siboi tapu, to cast the anchor, anchor.
bok, a kind of Pandanus, with big leaves, which plaited together in strips forms the familiar
kokoya mats.
boki, a female descendant of the ruler.
Jou boki, the Sultana, usually called Tuwan Putri in Malay.
boki ma-gutele, a climber, Clitoria ternatea L. It is less correctly called “Bokima kotele” by
Filet.
boko, big drum, Turkish drum.
boleo, big reef which extends far into the sea.
bolo, or (in contradistinctions); ngana mina ena bolo uwah, did you see it or not?
bololo, a kind of sea-snail, which is eaten.
bongo, side; bobongo, both sides.
borakah, a piece of black cotton cloth, worn round the left upper arm during mourning rites.
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