OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 246

iskilmai

•  the clarinet-shaped instrument on which the key is given when the lego is performed in the royal palace.het klarinetvormig instrument, waarop de toon wordt aangegeven bij de vertooning der légo in het vorstelijk paleis.

Note: corruption of schalmei the Dutch shawm, “reed-pipe”