OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 308

maré

•  stone; made of stone(eng).steen; van steen(nld).

maré gapi

•  antimony or mica, which is called batu Banggai in Malay, and small pieces of which are attached to the outside of plaited baskets and hats as decoration(eng).het spiesglans of mica, dat in het Maleisch batoe Banggai wordt geheeten en waarvan kleine stukjes bij wijze van versiering op de buitenvlakten van gevlochten doozen en hoeden worden bevestigd(nld).

Note: Also the name of an island to the south of Tidore belonging to this sultanate, where a kind of earth is found which is used by the population to make pots and pans