OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Danckaerts & Wiltens (1623): Moluccan Malay

Page number: 69-70

álam

•  entire world of heaven and earth, but is also used for an understanding of certain countries.de gantsche werelt van hemel ende aerde, maer wert oock gebruyckt voor een begrijp van sekere landen.

radja itou pounja álam

•  lands under the power of the sultan.de landen die onder dien coninc staen.

álam atas angin

•  lands above the wind.

álam baua angin

•  lands below the wind.