Ternate

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈma.lam ˌe.la.ˈe.la]

Noun

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malam elaela

  1. the night of Laylatul Qadr
  2. the Ternatean celebration held that night, in which bamboo (originally banana-stem) torches are lit after tarawih and burned throughout the night

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill