OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 318

nyihà

(1) land; opposite of water.land; in tegenstelling van water.

tahan manusia ma-nyiha-nyihato stop the remaining people

tahun Dal ahir ma-nyihathe end of the last year Dal

(2) a tree.een boom.

Scientific name: Canarium commune L

Note: also remainder, rest, end, and then recognizable by its connection with ma to ma-nyiha, the remaining part of it

Note: it is mistakenly recorded as nia by Filet and van Musschenbroek. Only on Makian is oil obtained from the fruits