OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

tifar

•  tap (of palmwine).aftappen van sagoeweer; tijferen.

Origin: Ternate tifar

See also: sagéroe

orang batifar

•  drummer of a tifa.tifadoor.

Note: Saparoea: tifadòr