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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
lukudi: silukudi, to determine, establish.
lule, to roll, unroll, roll together; also to grind with a stone over a hard object.
lulu, the bang of a thunderclap.
lupa, to forget (from Malay).
luri: luri dengo, the Lorius garrulus; L. sarau, a smaller species, also spotted yellow.
lusiang, lumbar pain.
luti, smallpox, variolae.
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ma, prefix which indicates a possession, e.g. kie ma-dudu, kamar ma-daha. Placed before verbs
it has the same meaning as the Malay ber, e.g. ma-dero, from dero; malomu from lomu, etc.
maabad, unclean, prohibited (from Arabic). Explained to me as a word from the Koran with the
same meaning as haram (taboo).
maamuman, those persons who mutter a little too loudly after the imam during the prayer
(from Arabic).
madah, mouth.
N.B. Nobody could give an explanation for Valentijn’s (Ib, p. 13) “callabocca.”
madakakah, a plant, Phanera lingua Miq.
madero, at the time of; see also dero.
madikapu, a shrub, Conyza balsamifera L.; the leaves are a remedy against diarrhea.
madouru, later, see also uru.
Madu, name of a kampong near Toloko.
maha, to allow, permit; simaha, id.
mai, but, only.
mait, dead body (from Arabic).
maku, a word to indicate the reciprocal form, e.g. maku-piara, to look after each other; makusikhabar,
to notify each other. In the Malay of the Moluccas the word baku is used for this
purpose.
makutali, to walk slowly or stumble along, from tiredness or weakness.
malam, evening, night (from Malay); malam jumaati, Thursday evening.
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