OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 248

utusan

•  envoy; minister(eng).zendeling; gezant(nld).

Note: Title of the highest of the Ternatese officials, who represents the Sultan in the districts and looks after the latter’s interests

Origin: Malay