OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 283

ngatò

•  boss (on vessels only).baas maar alleen op vaartuigen.

ngatòhéma

•  the man who stands at the forward part of a proa, and watches for rocks and shallows.de man die op den versteeven eener prauw staat en uitkijkt naar steenen en ondiepten.

ngatòhudi

•  head of the oarsmen.hoofd der roeiers.

Note: One could say that the first is in charge of the people who work in the front of the vessel and the second of those who work in the back