OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 260

taròpo

•  troop; division consisting of ten men; guard (in the latter case, the guard of the Sultan’s own soldiers, while that of the garrison is usually called lèwak)(eng).troep; divisie van 10 man; wacht(nld).

Origin: Dutch