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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
gawayah, a tree, Psidium guajava L; the fruits are eaten. In the Malay of the Moluccas it is
called goyawas.
ge, this, that; relative pronoun; also a simple connective word added for the sake of euphony,
e.g. una ge, he; mina ge, she (feminine singular); ana ge, they (masculine and feminine plural);
ena ge, it, of things and animals.
geger, noise (from Malay).
geha, to place, put; sigeha, id., to have something put or placed.
genae, that is to say, such as; the word is archaic.
gete-gete, a freshwater fish, Anabas scandens.
gia, hand; gia ma-raga-raga, the fingers; gehaigia, to place one’s signature.
gidi, saliva; gidi ma-dodai, spittoon.
giki, human being (this is the purely Ternatese word, manusia was introduced by foreigners);
giki lamo, a notable; faici si giki lamo, children and adults.
giki amoi, a kind of curse, is similar to jou ma-dihutu.
gila, long, opposite of short; ma-gila moho tomodi, its length is seven fathoms.
gila-gila, then, thereupon.
ginado, to ask, examine, inquire; ma-babah oginado, her father asked.
gobu, a plant, Commelina benghalensis L.; the leaves are applied to boils.
It is less correctly called “Gobbo” by Filet.
goco, yield, product; kaha ma-goco, garden-rent, land-tax.
godeho, regulation, instruction.
godiho, a Codiaeum species. It is less correctly called “Kodiho” by Filet.
gofasa, a tree, Vitex punctata Schauer.; the bark is a remedy against abdominal complaints.
It is less correctly called “Kofassa” by Filet, which led Robidé van der Aa to think that this tree
did not appear in his dictionary.
gofelah, mosquito.
gofu, weeds, grass.
gofu jelah-jelah, grass species, Orthopogon Burmanii R. Br.
gofu gurumi dodo, a shrub, Ruellia discolor Nees; the leaves are used for babies upon whom a
spell has been cast.
gofu hairan, a plant, Leucas linifolia Spreng.; Miquel records this name for Timor.
gofu uku ma-nyefo, a plant, Eragrostis plumosa Link.
It is less correctly called “Uku-manjoffu” by Filet.
gogohu, unripe, raw.
gogolah, ill, illness, being ill; gogolah se-tang, illness caused by a spell.
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