34 MALAY PROVERBS. 



Ascd-nia kitda itu kudajuga clan haldei itu kaldei juga. 

 " A horse is by nature a horse and an ass is an ass." Hk. Ab. 

 178. 



We are what nature makes us and cannot alter our personality. 



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Angkat hatang Tcaluar cliacliing gelang-gelang. 

 " On the log being lifted, out come the worms gelang-gelang." 

 Kl. 39. 



Unintelligible. Gelang-gelang is the name of an intestinal worm. 



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 Apa-biJa oyer tenang jangan di-sangka tiada buaya. 



" When water is still, do not imagine that there nre no croco- 

 diles/ 5 Kl. 85. 



When things appear calm, do not imagine that there is no possibility of dan- 

 ger. Ne credos undam placid am nov esse prof nndam. 



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Apa-kah guna hulan terang dalam hutan jikalau dalam negri 

 alang-kali baik-nia. 

 " Why does the moon shine in the forest ? Were it not better 

 " that she should illuminate inhabited places ? " Kl. 7. 



Why go and do great things in a foreign country ? Would it not be better to 

 do them in one's own country for the benefit of friends and relations ? See M. 

 No. 4. 



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Api itu pada taihala kechil iya itukawan apabila besar men-jadi 



law an. 



" Fire when small is a friend, but when large it is an enemy." 

 KL 81. Hk. Ab. 432. 



This proverb comes from the "Hikayat Abdullah." Abdullah was accus- 

 tomed to mix with English people a good deal, and it is probable that he may have 

 heard the Baying " Fire is a good servant but a bad master/' and put itinto Malay. 



There is no allegorical meaning. This is a simple phrase or statement, 



