soseba

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Ternate

Etymology

Partial reduplication of seba (to be near).

Pronunciation

Noun

soseba (Jawi سسيب)

  1. the Sultan's retinue; those who carry his sword, stick, sauba, and spittoon

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