Ternate edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Malay شهبندر, from Persian شه‌بندر (šah-bandar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sabandar (Jawi سهبندار)

  1. the harbormaster, shahbandar

References edit

  • 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