Ternate

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Etymology

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Uncertain; likely a European borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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usipera (Jawi ؤسڤيرة)

  1. a kind of cannon

Alternative forms

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References

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  • 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