OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 263

jarah

•  horse.paard.

pane jarah

•  to mount a horse; ride a horse.te paard stijgen of rijden.

Note: Since horses are not found on any of the Ternatese islands, except for a few, imported by Europeans or Chinese.

Origin: Perhaps this word has been taken from Javanese or Makassarese