OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  the highest authority after the Sultan, whose duties correspond with those of sahbandar in the Malay countries(eng).de hoogste autoriteit na den Sultan, wiens werkkring overeenkomt met dien van sahbandar in de Maleische landen(nld).

Note: the native kapita has become kapitèn. only the nobles, usually close relatives of the Sultan, are appointed. There are also captains in the company of the Sultan, and the Head of the Makassarese also holds the titular rank of captain in the citizen soldiery