OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1876c): Ambon Malay

kailolo

orang kailolo naek prahoe

•  expression used to ridicule the incessant singing of psalms, since the Kailolorese, although Mohamedans, have not yet sat in the pirogue or they already begin to sing.eene uitdrukking om het onophoudelijk psalmzingen te ridiculiseeren, daar de Kailoloreezen, ofschoon Mohamedanen, nog niet in de prauw zitten, of zij beginnen al te zingen.