OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 276

sibuah

•  shed shelter on a proa(eng).loods; tent eener prauw(nld).

Note: in many coastal villages, nagarees, a roofed-in space where strangers can stay and store their goods and cook, or a meeting-place to discuss orders given by the headmen