A VOCABULARY OF BRUNEI MALAY. 
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ilb. Bai. 
42. Bakang. 
43. Bakut. 
Pig, = babi. 
A rotan hold-all, made partly of wood 
and strapped on the back. 
S. Ground thrown up in the river, on which 
houses are built and coco-palms 
planted : — 
Sungai damit bakut mcnumpok , 
Sana banyak ikan sembilang. 
Dayang damit suroh menyubok 
Tampat kakanda meminta pinang. 
44. 
Balat. 
Fish trap, kelong. 
45. 
Bambangan. 
A large fruit, probably mango species. 
46. 
Bangau. 
A species of fish. 
47. 
Bangkala. 
A large trunkless palm ( Arenga un- 
dulatifolia) , the stem used for mak- 
ing blowpipe darts and Malay pens, 
also parts of the loom. 
476. 
Bangkar. 
A raft. 
48. 
Bangkatan. 
A long-nosed monkey. 
49. 
Bangking. 
A bed bug. 
49a, 
Bangota. 
Strong. 
50. 
Bantai. 
A pole, a pole with forked end, usually 
of bamboo used for gathering fruit 
out of reach. (Malay penjolok buali) . 
Bantai selambau, the poles which 
support the net (V. selambau). 
51. 
Barai. 
To pay : — 
Anak ayam kikik-kikik, 
Kikik-kikik di-bawah tangga. 
Anak orang jangan di-usek; 
Kalau di-usek, barai belanja. 
516. 
Bari. 
= dahulu, before. 
52. 
Barok. 
A species of monkey ( Macacus neme- 
strinus), = berok. 
53. 
Basing. 
Squirrel. Cliula basing, an aphrodisiac. 
43. Dayak: jalai bakut, “a raised road.” Also used by Malays in 
Sarawak. 
44. Belat in Sarawak and elsewhere (W.) Used as a generic name for 
fisliing-traps, e.g. b. kilong, b. jeremal, etc. 
45. Bambang in Dayak simply means “large.” 
48. Bengkatang (Haynes). Dayak rasong, Sarawak Malay orang blanda. 
The only known species of long-nosed monkey ( Nasalis larvatus) 
is confined to Borneo. 
49. Cf. wangkeng the variant used by the Dusuns on Mt. Kinabalu in 
British North Borneo. 
51. The Malay word bayar inverted. Cf. Brunei Malay belarai in- 
stead of belayar to sail, belureh instead of buleh (contraction for 
beruleli) to get. 
R. A. Soc., No. 83, 1921. 
