1922.] I. H. N. Evans: Negrito Beliefs and Customs. 203 
“We Chinoi go round Jeti I go above.’’ It is a male 
Chinoi who is speaking 
Lohmon pideh, guruk, baleh, kijing, 
What call, interpreter, virgin, hear, 
Chelchem bulin Chelchem terjun papan 
Chelchem back to Chelehem plunge down plank 
taseg ? 
lake ? 
‘* Why do you call me, a virgin, going from Chelchem and back 
to Chelchem to plunge down to earth ?’’ It is a male Chinoi 
who is speaking. Chelchem, Mémpélam told me, is a place 
below Tapern’s house which opens and shuts. 
Sa’ bidang yek tulis gampul Yak 
One sheet I plait mat Grandmother 
Jalang, yek deng. 
Jalang, T see. 
‘JT will plait a mat for Yak Jalang, I see (i.e. in a little 
while).’” It is a male Chinoi who is speaking. 
Un, u deh, bidang,' kadeng deh / 
There, there it, sheet, it! 
‘* There, there it is, the mat, see it !’’ A male Chinoi is speaking. 
Bedlat menulang, tabek laweh, kadeng deh! 
Going head-dress, salutations head, s it ! 
Chinot mak sinlin. 
Chinoi will replace. 
‘* My head-dress is going past you, salutations to your head, 
see it! This Chinoi, your slave, will replace it.” A female 
Chinoi is speaking. 
Ha menulang keh; yah baleh ? 
Where’  head-dress mine; your maiden? 
“* Where is my head-dress, the peor es of your maiden ? 
It is a female Chinoi who is spea 
Eh, rampus | angat * sunting * Chinoi 
Father, take remembrance hair ornaments Chinoi 
palah nilam. 
shoots indigo 
1 A Malay numeral coefficient, sa’bidang tikar ; one mat, 
2 Malay words. : 
