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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
gogolaha, see golaha.
gogoroahe, see goroahe.
gogoru, affection, love; to love.
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gogugu, title of the person who, in the outer villages, is the next in rank to the sangaji. This is
actually the original title (derived from gugu), but in the capital one has, out of courtesy,
changed the first syllable into jo or jou and, therefore, the jogugu is the highest non-royal
dignitary selected from the people; see also jou.
gohi, a shrub, Ficus Wassa Roxb.; an extract from leaves in warm water is given to women in
childbed.
golaha, to do, make, work; gogolaha, id.
golden, the Dutch gulden (guilder).
golobah: golobah papuwah, a plant, Amomum villosum Lour.
It is less correctly called “Globba boppo-lulu” by Filet.
golobah kusi, a plant, Alpinia gigantea Bl.; the fruit is eaten.
It is less correctly called “Globba” by Filet.
goloudu, armpit.
gomate, ghost-seer, mistakenly called “gomahate” by campen.
gomu, a tree, Artocarpus incisa L.
gonaga, appearance, semblance, face; ma-gonaga, it seems.
gonorah, waist, body, hip; see also konorah.
gonyirah, right, to the right.
gorah, general name for the Jambosa species.
goraka, a plant, Zingiber officinale L.; the root is eaten.
gorango, shark.
gorap, see orang; since these people do not have their own language, but rather speak Malay,
they are called orang Gorap by the population.
goro, a bird, the Noctus species.
goro-goro, a tree, Cerbera lactaria Ham.; the leaves are rubbed into the most sensitive places
in cases of backache.
goroahe, refuse, such as fallen leaves in a yard, pieces of paper, etc., on floor of a house, pieces
of coconut or fruit in a proa, also articles of little value (in the latter case, usually gogoroahe).
goroho, oil.
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