OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 261

tuan

•  gentleman; lord; sir(eng).heer(nld).

Note: the rulers are always addressed as tuan Sultan; they call the Resident tuan, and for other people add the title or name; people who are not officials are usually called mener