OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 310

montèrè

•  dress up(eng).

Origin: verb. van monteering

montèrè lamò

•  ceremonial dress, copied from the army, because princes and notables all have a rank in the troops of the Sultan(eng).groot tenue, overgenomen van het leger, daar de prinsen en voornamen allen een rang bij de sultanstroepen bezitten(nld).

Note: On Ternate, however, the coat has been replaced by a dress-coat and instead of the cap a headshawl is worn