A KELANTAN GLOSSARY. 305 



The ordinary Kelantan Eaiat more often employs, in place of 

 "these picturesque phrases, the name of the Mohammedan periods of 

 prayer, somewhat loosely, to denote stages of the day, viz. 



Dlohor: any time from 12 noon to 2 p.m., and Upas Dlohor 

 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. [So too pernama Dlohor, the middle of 

 the period, for 1 p.m. and even for 1 a.m.]. 



Asar: Any time from 3.30 p.m. to about 6 p.m. 



Maghrib and Isha for after dark. 



Suboh, daybreak, does not trouble him much: [belum cherah 

 or belum ayam terkukor is the phrase he employs for that 

 period] . 



But the only way by which he can denote at all accurately at 

 what o'clock a given event took place, and the method he feels most 

 at home in using, is by pointing and indicating " matahari bagitu," 

 taking himself as noon, behind his back as A.M. and in front of 

 him as P.M. 



Numbers. 



" Lekor " a score is in common use to describe numbers in the 

 twenties. One never hears dua puloh tujoh naturally from a 

 Ivelantan Malay but tujoh lekor. 



Again the use of tengah is commoner than on the other side: 

 Tengah ampat puloh, not tiga puloh lima. 



8a', abbreviated from sain is common: tiga puloh m' , korang 

 sa' ampat puloh. 



In expressing sums which fall short of a round sum by 50 cts. 

 use is made of sa'mas, e.g. korang sa'mas $50, = $49.50 cts. 



Personal Pronouns. 



The most remarkable use is that of kita for " you." This is 

 rather a polite use, or rather kamu is ruder. Kita (pron. kitaw) is 

 "the usual word. 



It is also often used for " I." 



Dema is often heard for "they." It is really a corruption of 

 ■dia sumua, but illogically enough it is sometimes used for dia, 

 ■*' he," singular, and even for " you." 



Achap Kali. Often. 



Ambo. Pronounced 'mbu. Elephant language: 



said by the driver to make a kneeling 

 elephant get up. 



Anchak. Drying fish screens. 



Andor. The cry of ploughman to his lembu to urge 



it to go to the left, pronounced No No: 

 to the right is cha chi chi. 



-R. A. Soc, No. 74, 1916. 



