Category:Ternate terms by usage

Ternate terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Ternate dialectal terms: Ternate terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Ternate formal terms: Ternate terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Ternate higher register terms: Ternate terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Ternate nonstandard terms: Ternate terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Ternate poetic terms: Ternate terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Ternate polite terms: Ternate polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Ternate proscribed terms: Ternate terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Ternate short forms: Ternate terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Ternate slang: Ternate colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Ternate terms with archaic senses: Ternate terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Ternate terms with historical senses: Ternate terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Ternate terms with obsolete senses: Ternate terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.