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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
dowongi, sand.
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doworah, a tree, Intsia amboinensis Thouars.; the bark is soaked in hot water and drunk by
women in childbed.
It is less correctly called “Dawora” by Miguel.
dubo, seed-leaves; namo hate dubo; also namo.
dudu, back, backside; toma kie ma-dudu, the back of the mountain, i.e. the west side, which is
uninhabited; ana itego ngadudu, i.e. they sat with their backs toward the north; njau ma-dudu
ma-opo, dorsal fin of fishes.
due, share to which someone is entitled, has or possesses (perhaps from Javanese); nganani
due (mina mi due), it is your property.
dufah, landslide.
dugah, to gauge, be accurate (from Malay).
dugah-dugah, but, however, nevertheless.
duko, stream of lava, red-hot stones spewed by a volcano.
Duko Gulaba, the so-called Burned Corner, most probably caused in 1737 (compare “Short
Chronicle,” p. 164, n. 3 [of the original work ⎯Trans.]).
Dulhaji, the last month of the Mohammedan year.
dungi, scales of a fish.
dunia, world, the secular (from Arabic).
duriang, the well-known tree (from Malay).
dutu, fire-wood.
elah-elah, pisang stem (banana stem).
ena, it; pronoun third-person singular, of animals and things; e.g. ogasaena, he brought it.
enage, these.
enage, that, this; in this way, likewise.
enage, this, that; see also ena. Also “it,” of animals and things; see also ge.
enane, these, this.
enane, these, this; see also ena.
esi: siesi, to rub, polish.
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