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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
kolano: 1. ruler; the people seldom use the title of Sultan, but they use jou kolano, Lord Ruler.
kolano ma-ngofa, son of the ruler.
Kolano Palembang, the Sultan of Palembang, exiled to Ternate in 1822.
2. little finger, see ragah.
kolder: makolder, to be under the command of.
kolofino, afraid, apprehensive; talalu kolofino, very alarmed.
kololi, the Malay kuliling; sigololi, rowing or paddling around, being a mark of honor shown to
officials who approach a village by the headmen who come out in a proa to meet them.
koloncucu: 1. a tree, Plumeria acutifolia Poir.; it is grown everywhere in graveyards in these
regions.
It is less correctly called “Kulong-sjutsju” by Filet.
2. name of a kampong on the island of Ternate.
kolotadah, a shrub, Leea sambucina Willd.; the leaves are put on wounds. It is less correctly
called “Kollotala” by Filet.
komadant, the commanding officer of Fort Oranje; generally an officer with the rank of
captain, since the commanding officers of the citizen soldiery and the garrison also have that
rank.
kome, a tree, Morinda bracteata Roxb.
It is less correctly called “Komi-komi” by Miquel and Filet.
komisi, the well-known Committee, in the usual sense, and also everyone who has a special
assignment, Europeans as well as natives.
kompania, company (the Dutch kompagnie), also the Government or the former Company;
kompania lamo, the big company of the Sultan and troops, consisting of sixty men, divided into
six taropo; kompania ma-orang, government subjects, as opposed to the real native population.
konah, pity.
konorah, middle; soah konorah, a quarter or kampong situated in the middle; futu konorah,
midnight.
kontoler, controller.
kontrak, contract.
Koraan, the Koran (from the Arabic).
kore, wind; kore mie, north wind; kore sarah, south wind; kore maruahe, variable wind and
therefore also transition.
kore mie ma-namo, a kind of Merops, so named because it only appears when the north wind
blows.
koreho, to return, go back; sigoreho, to turn, e.g. sigoreho to gonyirah, turn right.
koro, to call for, agree to go some place; perhaps a contraction of ka oro, but one is not sure
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