Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate
Page number: 284
ngoté
• stairs; step(eng).trap; stoep(nld).
ngoté ma-ädu
• at the bottom of the stairs(eng).onder aan de trap(nld).
Note: The palace of the Sultan is built against the slope of a hill: at the back it is on the same level as the ground; in the front it has a set of stairs with thirty-four steps