OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 299

gabah

•  leaf-stalk and mid-vein of the sago palm, which is used to make walls, lofts and floors.gabah-gabah.bladsteel en hoofdnerf van den sagoepalm, dienende tot vervaardiging van wanden, zolders en vloeren.