bobato

== Ternate == === Etymology === From N- (nominalizer) +‎ fofato (“to arrange, order; set to rights”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bo.ˈba.to] === Noun === bobato (Jawi بباتو) (obsolete) an oarsman (obsolete, by extension) a fighter (historical) a specific title during the Sultanate of Ternate: a village chief, a headman 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