bobato

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Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From N- (nominalizer) +‎ fofato (“to arrange, order; set to rights”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bobato (Jawi بباتو)

  1. (obsolete) an oarsman
  2. (obsolete, by extension) a fighter
  3. (historical) a specific title during the Sultanate of Ternate: a village chief, a headman
  4. an administrator

References[edit]

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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