MALAY PROVERBS. 105 



Mahang &&* = the name of a forest tree of very soft wood 



(Macaranva) . Native tradition says that the name of the 

 State of Pahang is derived from this word. The tiny brook 

 which debouches at Kuala Tembeling and gives its name to the 

 great stream formed by the Jelai and Tembeling Rivers, 

 taking its source, it is said, at a spot where a giant mahang 

 tree once stood. 



59 ****>juj (3*"^ ctt °* B ^^*^ 



Dempit tidak ber-sanggit. 



Di-ta?nbat tidak ber-tali. 



Pressed together but not rubbing, tied without twine. 



Said of persons who live together, but who are not bound by 

 any real tie. 



Sanggit ^^SjL& = to rub against ; to touch against any- 

 thing. To come in contact, or to be in contact with anything. 

 The root, which is found in Dempit «^*Jbo. is one which 



has retained its form and its meaning in a more marked de- 

 gree than almost any other Malay root. This is exemplified 

 by the following words :— 



Apit u^il = to press, &c. 



Kapit u^. fr il^ = to press, pressed, &c. (See rulut kapit 



<^fjil£ tai J^i = pressed olenaceous rice.) 



Kepit t^.+s£-=.io carry under the armpit, viz., pressed bet- 

 ween the arm and the body. 



Sepit c-_JLo = to squeeze, &c. (See Proverb 13 of this 



Collection.) 



Hempit <^.-Ju£ =to get close to anything; to press 

 against it, &c. 



