soseba

Ternate

Etymology

Partial reduplication of seba (“to be near”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so.ˈse.ba]

Noun

soseba (Jawi سسيب)

1. the Sultan's retinue; those who carry his sword, stick, sauba, and spittoon

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh