Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate
Page number: 276
saha
• the under-surface of something; of the feet, the foot-sole(eng).ondervlakte van iets en dus van de voeten; vootzool(nld).
kaus ma-saha
• the underside of the stocking(eng).de ondervlakte van der kous(nld).
Note: in imitation of the Malay di bawah tapak kaki, here used in the same sense, since the Sultans, when fully dressed, wear stockings. This custom already existed more than two hundred years ago. Compare Valentijn, Ib, p. 112.