A VOCABULARY OF THE BESISI DIALECT. 



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of the foot are as f o 1 - 

 lows : — 



leg: jong ( = betls), 

 Sole of the foot: tampar 



j6ng. 

 Top of the foot: k u 1 i t 



jong. 

 Great toe: gendek jong. 

 Toes : jarek jong. 

 Little toe : jarek kaleng 



keng jong. 

 Toe nail koko"^t jong 

 Instep : buku jong. 

 Heel: turn it. 

 Ankle: buku lalih. 

 Forbid (Larang):'regah. 

 Forehead (Dahi): Kening. 



Forest (Utan) : meri ; Ex. 



Orang utan = mah meri, 



/. e., jungle-man. 

 Four (Ampat) : 'xMpat. 

 From (Deripada): Ken. 

 Front In (Di-depan): Chiang, 



e.^., chokleh chiang = jalan 



di-depan_, walk in front. 

 Fruit (Buah) : P e 1 e k, 6-. ^., 



durian:=pelek durian. 

 Full satisfied or gorged with; 



food, (Kenvang); Lihih or 



bihih. 



Fungus (Sendawan): Petis, 

 e.g.. Peti' A a' = the fungus 

 known as '' susu harimau" 

 or "tiger's milk." 



G. 



Games (Permainan) : Beranta 

 balei, or (among the Sepang 

 Sakais) main jo'oh, was the 

 name of a highly convivial 

 orgy now no longer in- 

 dulged in, but which for- 

 merly followed the p a d i - 

 harvest. It must have been 

 of a remarkable character 

 as it concluded with a gene- 

 ral exchanging of wives ! 



Gape To, (Nganga): Ang. 



Gharu Wood (Gharu): 



Long tabak the eagle 

 wood of commerce. 



Ghost (Hantu): Hantuk, e.g., 

 hantu deguk, (haunting 

 graves); hantu tinggijbaj ang 

 buru-buru, pontianak, lang- 



weh, lanjing, huton (the 

 ghost of a monkey, ungka)^ 



Give To (Bri): jin or jon, e.g.^ 

 jon kih-keh = kasih samadia 

 = give it to him. 



Go To, (Pergi): Chok, e. g,, 

 chok hani ? or hamani ? 

 where are you going ? chok- 

 a-kit, go there. 



God (Tuhan): Hallang 

 (Allah) or Tuhan. 



Gold (Amas): Mas. 



Good (Baik): Lem. N.B. the 

 treble superlative (chok) lem 

 lem lem is said to be some- 

 times used at parting, the 

 meaning of course being — 

 Take great care of yourself 

 (lit: " walk with the great- 



