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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
decoration.
Also the name of an island to the south of Tidore belonging to this sultanate, where a kind of
earth is found which is used by the population to make pots and pans.
Marieku, name of two kampongs on the west coast of Tidore.
marinyo, guard (from Portuguese); marinyo kie, head-guard.
marsel, march; the corrupted form of marcheeren (from Dutch, “to march”).
maruah, already; indicates the past tense and is placed after the verb, e.g. oino maruah, he
came; pasa maruah, that finished, afterwards, long ago.
maruahe: kore maruahe, changeable, variable (of wind); see kore.
masaki, although (from Malay).
masilahi, see lahi.
matai, collectively, together; falah mare matai rubah, all the brick houses collapsed.
matengo, alone; no matengo bolo sini douru, are you alone or with your retinue?
matero, see tero.
matros or mantros, name for the Dutch sailors, as opposed to the native oarsmen or paddlers
who are known as awu or masanai.
mawu, to want (from Malay).
mayoor or majoor prang, highest in rank of the troops of the Sultan. The other ranks are:
Kapita, 1st Luitenant, Alferes, Ajudant, Sarjeti, Korporaal and baru-baru (soldiers).
mehe-mehe, slowly.
mejah, table (from Portuguese).
Mekkah, the holy city.
mener, mister; tuan is more stately and more common for officials.
mesa, see tolu.
mesel, wall (from Dutch).
mi, we; masculine and feminine plural but usually with ngomi, e.g. ngomi mi waje, we speak.
Also possesive pronoun of the third person feminine singular, e.g. mironga, her name; motika
mifalah, she left her house; see also mina.
miantu, head of the danos.
mie, north, to the north; mie si sarah, north and south; see also ie and kore.
mie ma-jaha, see jaha.
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