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ged, ‘tailor fashion’: men- 
tukang, to sit on the ground, 
with hands folded across the 
knees, fingers interlocked. 
sit, (of a hen) mimamut. 
skilful, (J/) pandei, mapandei. 
skin the, kulit: to skin, neh- 
duan: (imper.) siduoh. 
skirt (short), tapih. 
skull, ranggut, ranggut ulu. 
skunk the, tuduh. 
sky, koanan. 
slack (not taut), lumangkong: 
(lazy) matiad. 
slander to, mamitanah: 
bably derived from 
‘ fitenah ”). 
slap to, tepapun, lapisun. 
slave a, ulun ulun: cf. ‘ pun 
noh garing ih ulun dogitu 
( pro- 
Malay 
ulun ulun, to begin with, 
formerly this man was a slave. 
sleep to, molong: to talk m 
one’s, magampuang: (Malay 
igau). 
sleepy, kolong olong, tikiko- 
long. 
slip to, nakatuntuias: mala- 
busan, = Malay ‘lepas’: cf. 
“malabusan burong makonoh 
keraiam nanoh”: the parang 
slipped and cut his foot). 
slippery, lamog, melamog. 
slow slowly, ipipiioh, kapia- 
nih: liwar?. 
small, mosat, mebodok. 
small-pox, penabuh. 
smash, mabak, meroput. 
smell to, mengarok, magarok: 
a smell, mowoh: mohtong, a 
foul smell. 
smoke, lisun: to smoke, men- 
slgup, menigup. 
snake, dipu: dipu mainsisiab, 
the flying snake. 
snap to, mapitoh, mapandak. 
snare a, sarigut, antob, jaling: 
(a ‘trap’): to snare, sigo- 
tun, pamajalng. 
- A MURUT VOCABULARY. 
sneeze, taclisu. 
sniff, mainsingut. 
snipe, taduid. 
snore to, gumarus, meningarus. 
snout (of a pig), sesungal: 
menungal, to grub about (as 
a pig). 
so, koiuh doginuh. 
so-and-so, ianu. 
soak in water to, polandongan. 
soft, malamih. 
some, paraphrased: cf. mok- 
ondoh domatong ka doma- 
tong, some came, some did 
not: mokondoh du dipu ma- 
bisa, mokondoh kandok, some 
snakes’ are poisonous, some 
not. 
son, anak kusol: son-in-law: 
son step- kamanakun. 
song, dimbai. 
sorry to be, mengkada. 
sort, (1) bangsa. 
sound a, mohtah, mindaguh. 
sour, masum. 
source (of a river), udan. 
sow to, tinahom, menanam. 
span a, sandangau: sandangau 
mawad, a span in length. 
spark a, memurarau. 
speak to, daguh, mindaguh 
beral. 
spear a, dongkot: Andus, a 
barbed spear: 
udah. 
speckled, taporintek intek. 
spider, lawa, angkalawa. 
spider-web, tambunan lawa. 
spill to, pasasadoh. 
spin (to weave), tinalud. 
spirit a, berioh, ambiruoh, kra- 
ganan (v. ghost): (made 
from rice fermented) tapai. 
spit, magiwog. 
split to, lapakun, melapak. 
spoil, narunsal. 
spoon, (J/) sendok, sudu. 
sprain, nakakandur uat, mesa- 
lah uat. 
to spear, men- 
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