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A VOCABULARY OF THE BESISl DIALECT. 



S, — Continued, 



Smoke, cigarettes to: Na- 



char mudut. 

 Snake (Ular): Tijau or Tijoh 



The following are some 



of the species :-= 

 Tijau = snake. 



1. T. doh. 



2. T. kempes. 



3. T. tentang. 



4. T. tedong. 



5. T. lengkuk. 



6. T. bulan. 



7. T. blerang. 



8. T. 'ku anjing (said to 



live in the ground). 



9. T. dasun. 



10. T. dian. 



11. T. sawak, 



12. T. moyang. 



13. T. sendokng. 



14. T. sampa'. 



15. T. hiram. 



16. T. bakau (described 



as^prato'prato')". 

 Soon (Sakejap lagi): Mui 



kejap alo ; or kidim. 

 Spear (Lembang): To'ho' or 



Tohok. 

 Spider (Laba-laba): Bong. 

 Spoor (Jijak, bekas ) : Ti'l, 



e. g. these are a t i g e r ' s 



tracks, Hoh ti'l a' a'. 

 Squeeze, To (Pichit): Che 



mu"&t. 

 Squirrels (Tupei) : 

 (i) r. gendui. 



(2) T. menggas. 



(3) T. belang. 



(4) T. munchong. 



(5) T. daoit. 



(6) T. dalet. 



(7) T. chong (said to 



burrow into the 

 earth and travel 

 under- g round, 

 coming out further 

 on). 



(8) T. kinchang. 



(9) T. chameng. 

 Stand on end To, as of hair, 



bristles, &c. ( s ram ) : 



= Keteng. 

 Stand upright, To, (Berdiri); 



Jong. 

 Star: (Bintang) as in Malay. 

 Stomach (Prut): U'ut. 

 Storm ( Ribut y. Sheluhh or 



luk e. g., there is a storm= 



ari' sheluhh. 

 Strangle, To, Choke, (Che- 



kek): Tekom (teko^ m). 

 Strike, To, ( Pukol ) Kapet 



or pet. 

 String, Rope (Tali): Chong. 

 Stroke, To, (Urut): Pusoi, 



6'. ^., stroke a cat=p u s o i 



kuching. 

 Sugar-cane (Tebu): Bois. 

 Summon, To, (Panggil): Te- 



moh"&. 

 Sun : (Matahari) : IVIet arek. 

 Swallow, To, ( T e 1 a n ) : 



Geloyt. 

 Sweet (Manis): Ni't or nyi't. 

 Sweet potato (Kledei): Hi- 



lak. 

 Swift (Chepat): Begas. 



