28 MALAY PttOTEKBS. 



side as if to avoid the thorns. These fish are very plentiful 

 in Kedah and about Kuala Muda where they are salted and 

 exported. 



241. Ter-nanti-nantl bagei berlaki-kan rajah. 



" Put off repeatedly, as if a royal wedding were in pro- 



An allusion to the proverbial unpunctuality of Malay 

 Rajas. 



242. Ter-laijang-layaug bagei bulu sa'lei. 



"Wafted about like a feather." 



Always alone, wherever fortune may send him or whatever 

 business he may undertake. Said of an orphan or stranger. 



243. Ter-chachak bagei lembing ter-gadei. 



" Stuck up straight like a pawned spear." 



Said of a person who stands about uncomfortably instead 

 of sitting down sociably with others. 



244. Ter-jerib~jerib bagei kuching biang. 

 " Squalling continually like a noisy cat." 



Said of a talkative person whose tongue is never still. 



Biang, is not to be found in the dictionaries, but it is a 

 common word for the cry of a cat and is evidently imitated 

 from the sound. 



245. Ter-grenying bagei anjing dismva antan. 



" Shewing his teeth, like a dog stirred up with a pole." 



An uncomplimentary comparison used of a person who is 

 always on the grin." 



Grmying=krenytt or krising to snarl, shew the teeth, etc. 

 Swwa. To put at, e. g. a gamecock at another. Swwa 

 antan. To make a drive (at a dog) with a rice-poun der 

 fon purpose to make it angry). 



« 

 24G. Terbahar kampong halihatan asap. 

 Terbakar haii siapa akan tahu. 



" When a village in burned there is smoke to be seen. 

 But the heart may be in names and yet no one know it." 



