kadato

Ternate

Kadato Sultan

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦼꦝꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (kedhaton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈda.to/

Noun

kadato (Jawi کداتو)

1. a palace

   Kadato Todore ― the Tidore palace

   ifere toma kadato ― they entered into the palace

2. (metonymically) the royal court

Alternative forms

• kadatu, kadatung (de Clercq)

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