OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 268

Dal

•  the fifth and eighth years of the year-cycle(eng).het 5e en 8e jaar van een jaarkring(nld).

tahun Dal awalthe first year Dal(eng)

tahun Dal ahirthe last year Dal(eng)

Note: This distinction of two years Dal, instead of two years Jim, is also followed in the Malayan countries