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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
ngase, a plant, Calodracon terminalis Planch.; the stems are a remedy against loose stools.
ngase koloomi, shrub, Cordyline Rumphii Hook.
It is less correctly called “Ngassie kolotidi” by Filet.
ngasio, nine, of people; see sio.
ngasu, post of a house, pole; falah ngasu-ngasu, a house on poles.
ngato, boss (on vessels only); ngatohema, the man who stands at the forward part of a proa,
and watches for rocks and shallows; ngatohudi, head of the oarsmen. One could say that the
first is in charge of the people who work in the front of the vessel and the second of those who
work in the back.
ngatomodi, seven, of people; see also tomodi.
ngele, to hang, hang down; ngele sabel, sword-belt.
ngidu, deep, depth.
ngitu, to be of the opinion, think, assume, guess.
nglafadl, the manner in which the prayer is to be read (from Arabic).
ngoco: bia ngoco, a pearl-shell, especially in demand for the mother-of-pearl.
ngofa, child; ngofa nonau, son; ngofa fofoheka, daughter; ngofa Tarnate, a Ternatese person;
ngofa Mekah, someone born in Mecca; ngofa herah, woman in childbed; ngofamanyirah, head of
a kampong; ngofa si nongoru, children and relatives (used for persons of royal descent).
ngofamanyirah, the head of the kampong, or the one who is under him (literally, “eldest
child”).
Ngofangare: 1. name of a kampong situated behind the big mosque. 2. collective name for
those who hold the positions of ofsir, jurtulis and soseba; even more common is ngofangare
pehak raange. 3. see fangare.
Ngofatake, name of a kampong in the territory of Heku.
ngofataro, common people as opposed to the people who hold a position; this includes men,
women as well as children in a kampong.
It is actually an abbreviated form of ngofa si taro.
Ngofaudu, name of a kampong near Toloko.
ngogu, food, to eat.
ngohia, snake; see ngoowora for some different kinds of snake.
ngoko, road.
ngolo, sea, the opposite of land.
ngomi, we; personal pronoun, masculine and feminine plural; fangare ngomi for men and
fajaro ngomi for women.
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