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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
Heku or Hiku, the name of a large kampong, in the Sultan’s territory on Ternate, to which
twelve smaller kampongs belong.
helah: helah kaki, to place the two feet together when greeting someone, sometimes lifting
one leg slightly while doing this (from Malay).
hele, to step, walk.
hemah, seat for rowers in a proa; oti ma-hemah ngasio, a proa with seats for nine oarsmen.
henah, the pinang tree, Areca catechu L.; its nut is used when chewing betel (moku).
herah, keel of a vessel; oti ma-herah, outrigger proa if only consisting of the bottom-piece
without the sides being raised.
heran, surprised (from Arabic).
hida, to look; ohida ika, he looked in that direction.
hiku, to hide, conceal; mahiku, to instruct someone to hide or conceal something.
himo, old, opposite of young; mahimo, a title for elders, position under the head of the
kampong.
himo-himo, old people, usually ancestors.
hio: mahio, to blow, whistle.
hirah: 1. to lose, disappear, be lost; sihohirah, to make disappear. 2. hirah-birah, close
relations, one’s own brother and sister.
hiri, to catch, take in.
hiri harah, the Malay huruhara.
hisa, hedge, fence.
hitu, kitchen, cooking place.
hobu, swelling of injured spot, lump.
hodo, 1. to water; mahodo, to sprinkle water on oneself near a well. 2. father-in-law.
hodu, do not want.
hohe, to laugh.
hohoro, boil (blood blister?).
hohu, foot, paw; mejah ma-hohu, the legs of the table.
hoi, to take off, divest oneself of; mahoi, to move house; mai jou kolano hodu mahoi, the ruler
did not want to move.
hoko, to burn.
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