OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 300

gogugu

•  title of the person who, in the outer villages, is the next in rank to the sangaji(eng).titel van den persoon, die in de buitennegorijen in rang op den sangadji volgt(nld).

Note: This is actually the original title (derived from gugu), but in the capital one has, out of courtesy, changed the first syllable into jo or jou and, therefore, the jogugu is the highest non-royal dignitary selected from the people

See also: jou