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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
Palasoah, Alfuru kampong in the Sawu district on Halmahera.
palisi, to pass, cross; palisi toma soah nyie, he crossed the big square.
paludi, the cover of the branches of the sago palm, folded to form a basket, in which tobacco,
sago, damar, etc. is carried.
pane: pane jarah, to mount or ride a horse; pane oti or pane toma oti, to get into a proa;
sibane, to make someone get in, or ascend, load into something; bobane, a place near the beach
where proas can be hauled up a slope on dry land.
pangjaraan, prison (from Malay).
panimbur, charm, amulet.
pantah, see usperah.
papacedah, a shrub, Scaevola Koenigii Vahl.; the leaves are a remedy against fever.
It is less correctly called “Boppatseda” by Miquel and Filet.
papaitah, a plant, Curanga amara Juss.; the leaves are used against the so-called black
psoriasis.
papo, close, close by; papo ie, near the top; papo tarah, near the bottom.
sibapo, to place next to something or against something.
Papuwah, general name for New Guinea and its inhabitants.
par, pair (the Dutch paar).
para, for (the Dutch voor).
paracayah, to trust (from Malay).
pareksa, to examine, investigate (from Malay).
parentah, command, rule; to govern, rule (from Malay).
pariama, the Pleiades and thus a year; used interchangeably with the words tahun and
musum.
paro, to paste, adhere to; siparo, to paste something up somewhere.
partadah, overseer, mandur of gardens and houses.
pas, the Dutch pas.
pasa, ended, finished; oras cako rara pasa, it is past six; enage pasa, that which is brought to an
end.
It is always used at the end, but if linked to maruah one says pasa maruah.
pasamaruah, used to indicate past tense; see also pasa and maruah.
pasanter, to present, as in “to present arms.”
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