bobato

Ternate

Etymology

From N- (nominalizer) +‎ fofato (“to arrange, order; set to rights”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo.ˈba.to]

Noun

bobato (Jawi بباتو)

1. (obsolete) an oarsman
2. (obsolete, by extension) a fighter
3. (historical) a specific title during the Sultanate of Ternate: a village chief, a headman
4. an administrator

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