MALAY PROVERBS. 93 



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Bagai anak dara mabok andam. 



Like a maiden overcome by the fringe upon her forehead. 



Self-conscious ; shy. 



Andam fJil = the fringe of short hair cut upon the fore- 

 head of newly married girls, or girls who are about to be 

 married. Favre mistranslates this word — ' Arranged, adjust- 

 ed, &c.' 



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Bagai aur gantong ka-tebing, bagai tebing gantong ka-aur. 



Like a bamboo hanging from a river bank, and like a river 

 bank depending from a bamboo. 



To lean on a broken reed. 



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Bagai ay er titek ka-batu. 

 Like water dripping on to a stone. 



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Bagai ikan kena tuba. 



Like a fish poisoned by the tuba ( Derris elliptica ) root. 

 In difficulties. ' Up a tree.' 



The above Proverb is generally used with several others : 

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