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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
It is less correctly called “Morifalla” By Filet.
morookah, a tree, Sterculia foetida L.
moso-moso, early the next morning.
mote, to follow, accompany; momote, follower; mote kaha, level with the ground.
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Moti, an island near Makian, which belongs to the sultanate of Ternate. The name has been
changed by foreigners, even to Mortier.
Moyau, name of a kampong near the boundary of the Makassarese quarter.
mucikan, musician (Dutch, muziekant), e.g. those who play the western musical instruments.
muhutu, a tree, Commersonia echinata Forst.; the bark is a remedy against burns caused by
resin.
mujah, ornament, decoration.
mulain, to begin.
N.B. The Batavian-Malayan form is generally followed.
muleu or moleo, a Megapodius species, makes small hills of sand and leaves in the forest in
which to lay her eggs.
mulia, distinguished, notable (from Malay).
mumurari, see murari.
murari and mumurari, soon, speedy.
musum, year (from Arabic); pipi musum, see pipi.
nagi, who (interrogative pronoun).
N
namo, hen, bird; for further differentiation also namo kaha, hen or cock and namo hate dubo,
bird.
nan-nan: rete-rete nan-nan, successively from the earliest time til the present.
This word is never used by itself.
naro, to pull, drag.
nasarani or sarani, Christian; kampong sarani, quarter where the most Christians live (from
Arabic).
nga, they; personal pronoun, masculine and feminine plural, e.g. ngawaje, they said;
ngaparentah, they govern.
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