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A VOCABULARY OF BRUNEI MALAY. 
27. 
Asah. 
S. 
Aying asah-asaiian, perfumed water 
used by natives for sprinkling over 
graves. 
28. 
Asang. 
s. 
The gills of a fish. 
29. 
Atu. 
= itu, that. 
30. 
Au. 
s. 
The affirmative. 
31. 
Aur . 2 
A red skinned edible kandis (Gar- 
cinia) ; the dried skin used as asam 
in curries. 
32. 
Awal. 
S', w. 
Early, in good time. Ia man berjalan 
esok awal sikit, he will leave early to- 
morrow morning. 
33. 
Awat. 
A large oar used for sculling tongkangs 
from the stern. Beraivat = to scull 
in this manner. 
34. 
Ayangan. 
The compartment in a Tcelong (fishing 
trap) leading into the bunolim (the 
place where the fish are collected). 
35. 
Aying. 
Water, = ayer. 
36. 
Babang. 
A dam, harrier to keep hack water. 
37. 
Babas. 
To slit open. 
38. 
Babat. 
A Brunei measure, = 10 kayu or $1.40. 
39. 
Babau. 
(i) Dumb, (ii) Si-babau: kemudi si- 
babau, a. rudder operated from the 
hows of a boat. 
39Z>. 
Babut. 
To pluck or pull out, = chabut. 
40. 
Badok. 
A long cylindrical drum ( tabok ). 
41. 
Badong. 
s. w. 
A fish resembling an eel, three to four 
feet long. 
28. Dayak and Sarawak Malay ansang. 
29. The Brunei long a prefix as in ani for ini. 
30. Dayak and Sarawak Malay. 
32. Arabic and Hindustani. The Brunei use is common in Penang. 
35. More often ain in the Limbang and Baram districts of Sarawak, 
where Brunei Malay is spoken by up-river tribes. The final r 
of many words is turned into an n, thus ilir becomes ilin, blajar 
becomes blajan, sa’ekor, s’elcong, etc. 
37. In Sarawak bebas. 
38. “To tie” (Haynes). 
39. Probably — bibi in Sarawak, an onomatopaeic word representing the- 
sound a dumb man makes. Punai bibi is used for the large thick- 
billed green pigeon ( Butreron capellei Temm.) which makes a 
somewhat similar, half-stifled noise. 
Babau is used in Sarawak in the sense of “careless,” “con- 
tinually making mistakes. ’ ’ 
39 b. Dayak. 
40. BedoTc in Sarawak and elsewhere (W.) The Brunei long a takes 
the place of the usual Malay short e. 
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