202 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vor IX, 
Malok' menulang yek P 
at 
Where head-dress mine ? 
This either means ‘‘ With what shall I bind my head ?’’ or 
‘‘ Where is my head-dress ?’’ —I think the latter is aad 
correct. It is a female Chinoi who is speaking. 
Dordoi wat haiyah> eh  toie. Tabek laweh 
Sit open bertam, father mine. Salutations head, 
arah menulang / 
pass head-dress ! 
““T sit opening bertam-palms, O father mine. Salutations 
to your head, on my head-dress passing you!’’ It is a male, a 
Bertam-palm Chinoi who is speaking. He asks his father 
(the halak) to pardon him for throwing his head-dress in 
front of him. 
M mse menulang, guruk P Babeh 
Wher 
What head-dress, plas ae ? Newly-married 
apern Mags 
Tapern go reatid 
*“Where is my head- dress, interpreter? I, newly-married, 
go round Tapern.’”’ It is a male Chinoi who is speaking, 
Jinung . reng  chenerkem un, ch,  loie! 
Carve slit comb that, father mine! 
‘“‘ Carve and slit a comb for me, O father mine!’’ It is a male 
Chinoi who is speaking. 
Pau v-chet kejuh barau.* 
From inside (?) come nies (?) young male barau. 
The sense of the line is, ‘‘ From inside comes down a young 
male barau.” It is a Barau-bird Chinoi which is speaking 
Bum Chinoi Tapern magiseh. Yeh chub 
We Chinoi Tapern go round I 
pek keping. 
above. 
“ \ Cf. Pagan Races, Vol. II, p. 755, ‘* What ”’ (Mal. apa): malo, Sak. 
er 
2 “Tokeh edu Roce: not — h Mémpélam’ s translations of dordo 
and hayah. that the latter is the of musical instrament 
which the Malays pe 4 fteerely he tak. I would get no translation of the 
ormer. 
3 Vide foot-note supra 
+ The Barau isthe Yellow Crowned Bulbul (Tvachycomus ochreocepha- 
lus). 
