OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 258

tarah

•  downward; southward; go down.naar beneden; zuidwaarts.

jou kolano sudo upas tarah ginadothe ruler sent a guard down (i.e. to the fort, thus to the south of the palace) to inquire

tarahthey go down

Note: opposite of, i.e. West Halmahera, on the other hand, northward. In colloquial speech it means in the direction of the palace of the Sultan, and tarah in the direction away from the palace

See also: sarah