MALAY PROYEKBS. 73 



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Kayo, di-kata-kan bain dan langit handak di-chapei dengan langan. 

 " To call wood stone, and to attempt to reacli the sky with the 

 '•hand." KL 129. 



Foolish and extravagant pretensions. "All his geese are swans."' 



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 Ketam meuyuroh-kan anak-nia ber-jalan betid. 



■'* The crab tells its young ones to go straight." 

 "The devil who preaches penitence." I don't know where Favre got this ; 

 it seems to argue an acquaintance, on the part of the Malays, with JEsop's 

 fables. 



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 Kerb au puny a susu sapi punya nama. 



•'The buffalo's milk goes by the cow's name." Kl. 19. 

 Hk. Ab. 381. 



One does the work and another gets the credit. 



The Perak Malays say : Hiking jasa beliong timbul jasa Hmbas. "The 

 work of the axe is forgotten and only that of the plane is thought of.*' 



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 Kamana tumpah-kan kuali kalau tidak ka nasi. 



"Where is the gravy to be poured if not on the rice ?" Kl. 148. 

 Compare. Ayer dl tulang bumbung-an hamana turun-riia kalau tiada cfiu^ 

 chur-an atap ? 



" How does the water on the ridge of the roof find its way down except by 

 the channels of the thatch ?" 



A child follows his father's example and teaching. If he were not to do so, 

 where else should he look for a guide ? 



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 Kuching me-lompat orang ter-kejut deri-pada tidor-nia hay am 



ber-kukuk haripun slang. 

 " The cat jumps, the man starts up from sleep, the cock crows 

 '• and the dawn appears." Hk. Ab. 245. 



Quoted a propos of breaking off some work or enterprise because an inci- 

 dent occurs which suggests a better course. What was being done is given up, 

 and one starts on a fresh tack. 



