SOME NOTES ON THE SAKAI DIALECTS. 17 



English. Sen-oi. Tent-be* '. 



Cooked rice Cha'-na' Cha'-na' 



To be; to have, &c. Mung Moh 



Fire Ois Ois 



A bird Chep Ch6p 



Earth-hand T6 Te 



A husband En-sirr Sirr 



Down stream Reh Reh 



A path Nong Nong 



The head Ku-i Ku-i 



The stomach Kut Kut 



Jungle Se-rak n Se-rok 



High Che-ruk n Je-rok 



Tired ; fatigued Ge-hel Ge-hel 



To ; towards, &c. Ala' Ma' 



The above examples can easily be multiplied, but they are, 

 in my opinion, sufficient to establish the intimate connection 

 which exists between the Sen-oi and Tern-be' dialects : never- 

 theless it must not be supposed that all or even the majority 

 of the words used by these two clans are equally similar to 

 one another. The following specimens of common and ele- 

 mentary words will amply prove that this is not the case, 

 although even in some of them I maintain that a near connec- 

 tion can also be traced : — 



English . 



Sen-oi, 



Tem-be\ 



I, me, we, us 



Eng 



Y6h 



You, he, she, it 



Heh 



Hah 



Come 



Da 



B6 



To do ; to make 



U-i 



El 



Smoke 



Bi-chul 



Jet-jot 



A lie 



Pa'-ho' 



Li-bus 



A tiger 



Rak n 



Ma'-nu 



Flooring 



Ching-karr 



Nis 



A pillow 



Te-nu-i 



Cheng-kol 



A mother 



Me 



Boh 



A father 



Bi 



Ber 



A child 



Ke-nod 



Kwod 



A blow-pipe 



Be-lau 



Bla-hu 



