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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
guti, corruption of the Malay gunting (scissors).
guwae, general name for mangga (mango), the Mangifera species.
hadlir, to appear (from Arabic).
hafo, a tree, Canariopsis decumana Bl.; the fruits are eaten.
hagi, debt, claim.
hai, centipede; hai jangah-jangah, earwig.
haja, to sprinkle with water; singaja, to sprinkle, spatter with the fingers.
haji, father (used for rulers).
hajrat: hajrat al nabi, the Mohammedan era (from Arabic).
haka, to give, present with; haka waro, to notify; sihaka waro, to let know; see also catu.
haku, itch, to itch.
hal, matter, condition (from Arabic).
halal, lawful, genuine, real; ngofa halal yang ma-nyirah, the legitimate eldest son.
H
Halmahera or Hale ma-herah, half-Tidorese and half-Ternatese name of the biggest island.
(For more about the name, see Ch. IV, p. 45, n. 2 [of the original work ⎯Trans.].)
hami, to kiss, embrace; e.g. sarta hami gonyirah si gabadi, and they embraced each other first
left and then right. (This is a formality during the greeting of the Resident and the Sultan on
state occasions.)
hange, a tree, Alstonia scholaris R. Br.; the bark is boiled and the water drunk for afflictions of
the spleen.
It is less correctly called “hangi” by Filet.
hangi, lower part, e.g. the saucer of a cup.
hangu, see hangu. [This entry written in Ternatese with short “a” and “u;” refers to next entry
with long “a” and “u” in Ternatese ⎯Trans.]
hangu, not; hangu moju, not yet; see uwah; sababu mina-mina dokage walomoi hangu moju,
because they had never seen anything like it.
hanya, but (from Malay).
haram, prohibited (from Arabic).
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