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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
soki, a tree, Bruguiera Rumphii Bl.; the trunk is used for fire-wood and making posts of laths
for houses.
soldadu, soldier.
somaha: somaha dika, without delay, at once.
sonangah, aside, on the side, on one side; tego ma-sonangah, to sit on the side of
something. Also a part, half, e.g. domaha oras ma-sonangah adi, to wait for half an hour;
see also satengah.
rimoi si ma-sonangah, one and one-half.
sondorbelong, sun-flower (the Dutch zonnebloem); a model for hair-pins, etc.
sone, death, to be dead or dying.
soro, to fly; sisoro, to fly away with something.
sosaha, tray; see also saha.
sosahu, hot fever, see also sahu.
soseba, the people who accompany the Sultan when he goes somewhere and who carry his
stick, sword, pinang-box and spittoon; with the officers and jurtulises, they belong to the
ngofangare pehak raange.
sosi, to spread, unroll.
sosirah, previous, before, earlier; ifiri sosirah pasa maruah, they had already fled earlier; aku
uwah sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosirah, it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier.
sosoro bobudo, a plant, Fleurya interrupta Gaud.; an extraction from the leaves is given
against fever.
In Filet it is less correctly called “Sosuro bobuto.”
sosuko, teredo; there is another species called kalafah.
sou, remedy, medicine.
soweko, heron.
sowohi, title of the person who looks after the regalia and oversees the persons working in the
palace; a kind of supervisor who, before he orders anything, first has to ask the orders of the
Sultan.
stampah, crown; worn only during major ceremonies by the Sultans.
suba, the same as the Malay sembah, to pay respect to notables; tede suba, to lift up the hands
as a sign of respect.
subuh: waktu subuh, the time for the morning-prayer.
sudidi, earthquake, particularly horizontal shocks.
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