1y22.] I. H. N. Evans: Negrito Beliefs and Customs. 199 
ahar menulang keh, menulang ' 
Where head-dress my, head-dress 
bekau ? 
flowers ? 
‘*T go above Tapern’ s (house); giddy at the house of 
Yak Tanggoi. Where is my head-dress of flowers?’’ Itisa 
female Chinoi who is speaking. Yam is said to be a Chinoi 
word. 
Ta kuie,* eh! vyek, yek gantong 
Salutations head father! : ee hang 
sa’ bentai ® 
a moment. 
‘‘Salutations to your head, father! I, I shall hang yet a 
moment.’’ It is a male Chinoi who is speaking. 
Eh, tongkah dat * keling-tek. 
Father, come up from under-earth. 
‘‘Father, I ask your leave to come up from under the 
earth.’’ It is a male Chinoi who is speaking. 
Tagok, liwon langkah litol chenth yek, 
Oldman, wander(?) step bachelor affairs I 
The sense is, I believe, ‘‘ I, an old man, wish to go in search 
of my affairs.’’ It is the tiger-spirit of the halak who is 
speaking. 
Lohmon piyudau® maloh menulang. 
What (?) ae on ae where (7) head-dress ? 
erform 
** How shall we a a Ones performance, if I have no 
head-dress?” Itisa female Chinoi who is speaking. 
Lel, keh gantong lamun A’rem. 
Spinning, I hang end Herem. 
‘** Spinning, I hang from the end of the Herem.’’ It is afemale 
Chinoi who is speaking. 
‘Ch. the Malay bulang ulu, ‘‘ the head cloth of a raja,’ ae ‘(to 
enwrap. 
2 Kuie is the ordinary word for —o oS is probably Chinoi language. 
* The Negrito form of the Malay 
+ The Negrito form of the kaicy te deri, The letter r is a shibboleth 
to oy Baca Bong. 
ivalent to the aa word bérsewang, ‘‘to hold a spiritualistic 
once “antnipamied by singing 
