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A VOCABULARY OF BRUNEI MALAY. 
89 6. 
Bisai. 
Nice, = bagus. 
90. 
Bius. 
One of the Rhizophorae. ( Bruguiera 
sp.). 
91. 
Bodoh . 2 
A large black beetle which bores into 
timber. 
916. 
Bohun. 
A wooden tray. 
92. 
Boyah. 
Foam, = bueli. 
93. 
Boyok. 
M emb.oy ok, to be obstinate, unmanage- 
able. 
94. 
Buah. 
(i) Buah telinga, lobe of the ear. 
(ii) Anak buah = pupu dua kali , cousin 
twice removed. 
94a. 
Buaya . 2 
The keelson of a boat. 
95. 
Bubok. 
s. 
A kind of small prawn used for making 
belachan. 
96. 
Bubul. 
s. w. 
The making of fishing nets. 
97. 
Bubut. 
s. 
To pursue. 
98. 
Bugan. 
A bird (Malay bangau ? a heron). 
99. 
Bujak. 
s. 
Spear. 
996. 
Bula . 2 
s. 
Nonsense, untrue, a lie (not so strong 
as bohong). 
100. 
Bumbong. 
A cylindrical box of bamboo with lid 
used for carrying tobacco or pinang, 
worn at the waist. 
101. 
Bumbunan. 
The fontanel, the crown of the head. 
Of. ubun-ubun (dictionary Malay). 
102. 
Bungulan. 
Bungulan ayam, cockscomb. 
103. 
Bunohan. 
The last compartment of a kelong (fish 
trap) from which the fish are finally 
taken. 
104. 
Burian. 
A dowry given at marriage = pembrian. 
105. 
Buting. 
Numerical coefficient, used with planks 
and other objects. 
89b. 
“Pretty” (Sarawak). 
94. 
AnaJc buah in 
Sarawak 
and Peninsular Malay is commonly used of 
‘ ‘ followers. ’ ’ The head-man of a house will thus speak of all the 
people of his house, relatives or not. 
95. Dayak. 
96. According to Wilkinson “the repairing of nets.” 
98. Possibly an inverted form of bangau. 
99. Dayak. 
99b. Dayak. 
100. Wilkinson gives bunbong = “a water vessel made from a jo ; nt of 
bamboo.” Howell records the Dayak use of it to mean “a torch- 
shaped receptacle for resin ( damar ).” 
104. Berian in Sarawak. 
105. Butir or buti in Sarawak. Another instance of the Brunei conver- 
sion of the terminal r of ordinary Malay words, to n or ng. 
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