Ternate - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
officers on duty.
202
kapiten; kapiten-laut (the native kapita has become kapiten), the highest authority after the
Sultan, whose duties correspond with those of sahbandar in the Malay countries; only the
nobles, usually close relatives of the Sultan, are appointed.
There are also captains in the company of the Sultan, and the Head of the Makassarese also
holds the titular rank of captain in the citizen soldiery.
kaporal, corporal; corrupt form of the Dutch korporaal.
karamat, holy grave, holy place (from Arabic).
karana, for (from Malay).
kare, to look for, examine, seek.
kareta, carriage (from Portuguese).
kasaha, where, where to (interrogative pronoun); tagi kasaha, where are you going?; kasaha si
no ino, where are you (sg.) coming from?; kasaha si ni ino, where are you (pl.) coming from?
kastelah, “Turkish wheat,” Zea Mays L. [i.e., maize]; perhaps the name is due to the fact that
Castilians introduced maize into these regions. Milu is the name in the Malay of the Moluccas.
kasuba, the color violet (from Malay).
kata, to accompany, go with someone.
katalah, the white cockatoo.
kate-kate, a creeper, Guilandina Bonduc L.; the leaves are rubbed into the back against
backache.
kati, the weight of the same name, or catty; also to weigh (from Malay).
katu, thatch, for which mainly the leaves of the sago palm are used, sewn together in strips one
fathom in length and overlapping a hand’s breadth, to form a roof-covering which can last five
to six years.
Kau, a district on the east coast of North Halmahera, which belongs to the Sultanate of
Ternate. In the text it is indicated as a place of exile, since it has long been the custom to exile
people who misbehaved on Ternate to Halmahera.
kaus, stocking (the Dutch kous); see also saha.
kawin, wife or spouse of a highly-placed person; for lesser people, see foheka.
kayu lasi, a tree, Semecarpus Forstenii Bl.; the wood is used to make furniture.
It is less correctly called “Lassi-lassi” by Miquel and Filet.
keho, a general name for mushrooms.
keler: maku-keler, to go arm-in-arm (from Malay).
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES DIGITAL EDITION