OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 296

kimalaha

•  head of a kampong or head of several kampongs, but lower than sangaji(eng).kamponghoofd, of, zooal hoofd van meerdere kampongs, toch lager dan sangadji(nld).

Note: Campen claims somewhere that this word is derived from kiëma-laha, but he is mistaken for ki is an abbreviation of giki, which is apparent from the fact that the Tidorese use the first syllable of this word in calling such a head gimalaha.