30 A VOCABULARY OF THE BESISl DIALECT. 



T ^— Continued. 



Tube or hollow of a sumpit- 

 an from end to end: Serong: 

 The stem of a sumpitan = 

 Tago. 



Turtle (Tuntong) : Yok. 

 Twig, A (Ranting) = Ranteng, 

 Two ( Dua): H'mbar, M'b^r 

 or 'M'ar. 



u. 



Uncle (Bapa Saudara): Ibah. 



Understand, To, (Herti): 

 Seho' or Sero, e. g., Sero 

 ngot (ta'tahu) I don't under- 

 stand. 



Ungka, a' kind of monkey the 

 Wah-wah : Tehmok. 



Unwell ( Merasa Sakit): 

 Meh dap. 



Upas (Ipoh) : Che' or Ch6s 



V. 



Very (Sakall): Neneh, e. g,^ 

 H^nom neneh, e. g., Very 



much. 

 Vomit, To, (Muntah): Kuk. 



w, 



Wadding : Nal ; the woolly 

 stopping or wad, used by 

 Sakais to fill up the orifice 

 of the sumpitan when they 

 wish to shoot. It is collect- 

 ed from a tree called tukas 

 (rabok tukas). 



Wait, To, (Nanti): Dudui. 



Want, To, (Handak): Gagar 

 or Kagar. 



Wanting, i.e.^ lacking (Ta'- 

 da): Hap. 



Water (Ayer): Doh or Doh 

 (pr. Do-6h). 



We (Kita): He p4p6k or H^' 

 'mpe ( kita-bertiga ) ; kita 

 berdua=He babar or He 

 'mbar. 



Weave: (Pintal): Hidas, e.g., 

 Hidas chong to weave 

 rattan. 



Weep (Menangis): Yam. 



Wet (Basah): Tekon"^. 



What (Apa): Nama. 



Whine, To, of a dog, se"s'-it. 



White ( Puteh ), or whitish, 

 as a person covered with 

 dust, sawdust, etc., Beku"^I 



