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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
simarah, and; see also si. Although all of it means the same as mara, the latter is still
generally written as .
simore, pleasant, pleasurable, glad.
sinapan, gun (the Dutch snaphaan, flintlock).
singaja, to splash, (be)spatter; see also haja.
singosa, to bring in; see also wosa.
sinole, sago prepared with grated coconut.
sio: 1. nine, of things and animals; of people, ngasio. 2. ah!, alas!
sioko, one, just one; sisioko, one or other, everyone, someone or other; ngasisioko giki bariman
bato simarah ibingun uwah, all the believers were not bewildered.
sirato, to finish; see rato.
sisioko, see sioko.
sisupu, see supu.
siwuni, to show; see also uni.
so, and, with.
soah, quarter, kampong; soah nyie, a big square in front of the compound of the palace; also
strait, channel, e.g. mote Hiri si Babua ma-soah, going through the strait between Hiri and
Babua.
Soah Sio (abbreviation Soasio), the nine kampongs which comprise the main village and thus
the capital.
Soah Raha, the four kampongs of the main village of Sawu.
N.B. How imprudent it can be to explain the derivation of words without knowing the language
is apparent from the essay of Teijsmann on Halmahera, p. 506, where “Soah konorah” is
explained as swako (village) and norah (middle)!
sobat, friend (Malay form of the Arabic word).
sofo or hate ma-sofo, fruit; ma-sofo oho, its fruits are eaten.
sofo manyi-manyi, a shrub, Dartus perlarius Lour.; the leaves are pressed and the juice is
given against fever.
It is less correctly called “Soffo mani-mani” by Filet.
sofo mutiara, a plant, Vernonia leptophylla DC.; all parts of the plant are used against lumbar
pain.
sofu, the dried skins of Birds of Paradise, like those supplied by traders from New Guinea,
differentiated according to kind in Sofu guraci, Sofu waigeu, etc.
sogili, general name for the eel species, Anguilla.
soho, pig.
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