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Ternate
Etymology
From Indonesian sekilwak, from Dutch schildwacht, from Middle Dutch schiltwachte.
Pronunciation
Noun
sikilwak (Jawi سيکيلواک)
- sentry, palace guard
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