OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 250

uwah

•  not(eng).niet(nld).

riuwah

•  id(eng).id(nld).

Note: on the prefix ri, see under afah. Like malo and hangu, it is placed after verbs and adjectives to which it refers.

Note: There is no difference in meaning among these negatives, but custom demands that each of these be used in specific cases.