OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 252

bàbah

•  father.vader.

Note: Unknown natives are addressed with this word; those of Chinese descent are

Note: addressed with nyong. Since the titles of son and father are used in the epistolary style between the Sultans and the Head of the Government, this form is sometimes retained in the appended documents.