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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
borede and boborede, to spit upon, namely by chewing roots or leaves and spitting the saliva
upon somebody’s body; especially used when it is suspected that a spell has been cast or that
someone is haunted by evil spirits.
borgor, the Dutch burger (citizen), or the free people, not subjects of the Sultans, all enrolled in
the citizen soldiery.
kapitein borgor, the captain-commander of that corps.
bori a plant, Anamirta flavescens Miq; the fruits are used to drug fish.
Filet confuses this plant with the Millettia sericea.
sibori or sibori nyau, to drug fish in this manner.
boro, egg; namo ma-boro, chicken’s egg.
boro-oli, a plant, Entada Pursaetha DC; the tendrils are a remedy against stomach ache.
It is less correctly called “oli-oli” by Filet and Miquel.
brek, the vessel of that name, brig, (from Dutch).
brenti, to stop, leave off (from Malay); brenti cai-cai, to stop for a short while; brenti uwah,
without stopping.
buau, big beetle, Euchirus longimanus; it is attracted to light at night and tries to commit
suicide in the flame; also drinks from the bamboo container on the arenga palm in which it is
collected.
bubone, tree, Cassia fistula. It is less correctly called “Bubuni” by Filet.
bubu: njau ma-bubu, dorsal fin of fishes.
bubuau, a beetle; see also buau.
budi, good deed, obligation (from Malay).
bugis, Buginese.
buk, book (from Dutch).
bukan, not at all (from Malay).
buku, hill.
bulah, a skin affliction resembling scabies.
Bululu: Bululu ma-dehe, Cape Bululu, in front of the palace where a small brick wall has
been built.
bunga, flower (from Malay); in plant-names more often sayah.
buro-buro, a kind of Pandanus, the small leaves of which are used to make the ordinary
sitting-mats.
busa, wet, as opposed to dry.
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