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TERNATE THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
waktu, time, time for prayers (from Arabic).
Walanda, Dutchman.
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walo, time; walomoi, once, for the first time; walo raange, three times, for the third time;
walomoi si walomoi, one after the other, successively; kawalomoi, together, collectively.
wange, day; sowange, today; wange lamo, during the day; wange cako, late afternoon, early
evening; wange tjako, late afternoon, early evening; wange lobi, evening; wange nitah,
tomorrow morning; wange rimoi, the whole day; wange ma-lako, sun, although also wange
alone; besa wange, rain when the sun shines.
wange-wange, a green-spotted harmless snake.
wari, to fold, open.
tualah wari, see tualah.
waringi, a tree, the Urostigma species.
waro, to know; haka waro and sihaka waro, to modify.
wele-wele, to hang off of, referring to rope, aerial roots, climbers, etc.
wigu or wigu-wigu, to swing.
witu, to push, push along; witu hoko, to push towards the sea, launch, e.g. referring to a proa,
which lies on the beach.
wokah, a palm species, Livistona rotundifolia Mart.
wokah-wokah, a bird, the Corvus species.
wongi, collective name for the souls of those who have died; wongi ma-falah, place where these
souls are said to be staying, in, under or outside the house.
wosa, to enter, go in; wosa bangah supu bangah, into the forest and out of it; singosa, to bring
in.
ngosa and ngosa-ngosa, someone who conveys messages or brings letters, also the regular
statute laborer who does this work.
woto, to bury, burial.
wuru, a small species of hen-harrier (kite).
yaadi, same as adi.
yaane, it is namely, to know (from Arabic).
Yabah, name given by the Ternatese to Ambon; see also Tiele, second volume, p. 22.
yang (from Malay); sometimes added to other Malayan forms for clarification.
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