THE ORANG LAUT OF SINGAPORE, 249 
Kiyoh, far off. 
Sika, come here, e g., Sika makan come here and e 
The following words are probably all of Maley 3 origin: 
Jengkeng or biduh, a boat (sampan or koleh). 
Lanchang, a sailing vessel, 
O-ne 5 ог £e -ne, friend or comrade, used in addressing other mem- 
of the tribe whether young cr old, e.g., O-neh Nan 
Ка amana? Where are you going, friend ? The О in Oueh 
may be merely interjectional. 
Diko == engkau, also used in addressing other tribesmen, but 
less polite or less friendly than O-ne. 
Pohon was used instead of Poko, tree, as on the East 
The pronunciation was said to be peculiar, thus : s was pro- 
nounced like a soft z, e.g., Nazi for Nasi; r like h, e.g. , Parang 
for Pahang; ; b like kh, e.g., "CM for Kain; Khakhi for Kaki. 
amples of pronunciation, as although what was heard is faith- 
His po the personal equation enters too largely into this 
sort of questions for them to be accepted without repeated 
checkings. A Sakai, for instance, vill occasionally pronounce 
one aud the same word in two distinct w ways, probably through 
s di rea at being questioned by an European. 
Slight as these traces are, if taken in conjunction with the 
important fact that the constitution of these tribes corresponds 
fairly closely to that of Sakais (as is shown by the Sakai names 
of the chiefs) they appear to suggest the theory that the Sea- 
gypsies of Singapore owe their origin largely from Sakai hill- 
tribes in the Riau-Lingga Archipelago ; ; that these, whether 
through pressure of the Malay immigration or from other causes, 
took to the sea, and reinforced probably by more than a akena 
ling of mere Malay adventurers, developed into the famou 
oS race which under the generic name of Orang baat 
e for aspace the terror of all who sailed these Eastern seas. 
арр ап evolution of опе of the mildest mannered and most 
timid races of the earth would certainly appear unaccountable, 
but if it is to be rejected, it involves us in still ded difficulties. 
The evidences may be briefly enumerated as follow 
The constitution of the tribe under сонр апа Batin. 
