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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
nia, as possesive pronoun the plural of ni, masculine and feminine, e.g. ngoni nia diti, your
goods.
niscaya certainly, undoubtedly (from Malay).
nitah, daylight; nitah laha, it has become day; lofo nitah, dawn.
no, you; personal pronoun masculine and feminine singular, usually with ngana, e.g. ngana no
cako jarah, you beat the horse.
When used alone with verbs it implies an order, e.g. no tagi, go away; no tego, sit down.
It also appears to be used for the third person, e.g. no dadi kolano, he becomes ruler; no tiadi ni
haji, he replaces his father.
nonai, bait for fishing.
nonau, man, male, masculine; opposite of fofoheka; a radical nau is not known.
nongoru, the youngest child, also a younger brother or sister and their descendants, thus
relatives in the side-line; nganongoru, the youngest of many.
norah, pillow.
not, invitation to a party.
nyabu, wound, festering; nyabu hoko, a burn.
nyagi, ten or so.
nyagimoi, ten, of things and animals; nyagimoi si raha, fourteen.
nyagiraange, thirty, of things and animals.
nyagirara, sixty, of things and animals.
nyagiromdidi, twenty, of things and animals; nyagiromdidi si rara, twenty-six.
nyagiromtoha, fifty, of things and animals.
nyanyata, the same as nyata; see nyata.
nyare, reef, sand-bank; nyare ma-ingi, place where a reef ends in sea.
nyata and nyanyata, to be clear (from Malay); sinyata, to explain, elucidate; isinyata, to
enunciate, set forth.
nyau or nyao, fish.
Besides the species already mentioned there are: rajabau, striped grey and white with yellow
gills; mami, blue with grey cross-lines; botila, spotted green and red; lado, a kind of eel; singaro,
red with black eyes; gurapo, the Jacob-Evertsen.
nyawah, living soul (from Malay); kogah si ma-ronga nyawah, all that could be called a living
creature.
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