OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 264

jaha

•  wave.golf.

mie ma-jaha

(1) waves from the north.de golven uit het noorden.

(2) to sink.zinken.

Note: this is what one calls (at Ternate) the swell on the beach during the months of December and January

jojaha

•  to submerge (of persons only).doen zinken (dit alleen van menschen).