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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
Labuah, name of a kampong near Ngofaudu.
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labuan, roadstead (from Malay); labuan gufernement, the government roadstead, i.e. the one in
front of the European settlement.
lage-lage, a plant, Lomaria scandens Wlld.
laha, good, well; una owaje laha, he said it was good; tarima laha, to approve, allow, join.
lahan, palm-wine, sagwire.
lahi, to request, ask; silahi and masilahi, to ask someone something; lolahi, to ask constantly,
also request or question and, therefore, prayer.
lahir: silahir, to pronounce, reveal (from Arabic); lahir idin, to order.
lako, eye; wange ma-lako, or also wange, the sun; ake ma-lako, the mouth of a river.
lamo, big, opposite of small; gam lamo, big city.
malamo, someone of high birth, an important person.
langgar, place for praying (from Malay).
lapas, to free (from Malay).
lapas surat, sending of a letter.
lapi, low (from Malay).
larang, forbidden (from Malay).
lasa, the well-known tree, Lansium domesticum (the Malay langsat).
Latah-Latah, name of a kampong on Bacan.
lebe: 1. more (from Malay); lebe laha, lebe jango, in purer Ternatese it is laha foloi, etc. 2. a
lower priest.
lefo, writing, to write.
leger, culvert (from Dutch?).
lego, a stately dance, performed in the palace of the Sultan by gracefully dressed women and
girls while singing with the accompaniment of gong and tifah; named after the manner of
singing, also called lego-lego, by which one understands improvised songs, recited by the fastest
persons during festive meetings.
lehe, crippled, lame.
lekah-lekah, a plant, Zingiber amaricans Bl.; the tuber is a remedy against abdominal pain.
lele, a plant, Chavica densa Miq.; the leaves are sometimes chewed with pinang.
lelei, a tree, Casuarina equisetifolia Forst.; the roasted seeds are given against dysentery.
It is less correctly called “Liluwi” by Filet.
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