38 MALAY PKO VERBS. 



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Umpama hasih akanbunga sa-cliepir ter-buang biuiga sa-Jcaki. 

 •' To throw away one flower in order to get a dish-full." 

 A little thing must be sacrificed to a great one. 



(Livre de Lecture, Xo. 7. p. 95.) 

 The reverse is more easily intelligible : — 



Say ang -lean bunga sa-Tcaki ber-buang bunga sa-cliepir. 



Umpama Jcasturi karana bau-nia male a liilang niawa-nia. 

 " Like the inusk-deer which for the sake of its scent loses its 

 "life." 



Cf. Mati rusa Jtaranajijal', matt kuang Mrcuia bunyi. M. 301. 



Umpama kijang di-rantei dengan rantei amas jikalau iya lepas lari 

 juga iya ka-liutan makan rumput. 

 " Like a deer fastened with a gold chain, if he is let loose he is 

 " off to the forest to eat grass." 



No one can abandon his natural disposition. Cf . M. 6. 

 " Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop ! " (Destouches.) 



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 Upas ber-hulam rachun. 



"One poison mixed with another." 



or 

 Kacliuhong ber-Jiulam ganja. 

 " One intoxicating drug mixed with another." 

 One evil or misfortune brings another. 



"Misfortunes never ccme singly." Cf. Zayijaioli Jagi di-t'mpatanygu. 

 '•>"cton1y tumbled down. but bit theetaire into thetargain." 



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 Onta menieraJi-kan diri. 



" The camel resigns itself [to the load]." 

 Cf. "Tokisatherod/- 



