A VOCABULARY OF BRUNEI MALAY. 
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141. 
Gauk. 
Forward, precocious, of a child. 
142. 
Gedabang. 
An edible kandis with yellow fruit. 
143. 
Gegawi. 
A wooden spoon used when cooking 
rice. 
1436. Gelaga 
W. 
Sugar-cane. 
144. 
Gentian. 
Fibre of any kind, raw material before 
being worked into rope; sometimes 
used for benang. 
145. 
Geranjang. 
s. 
A large conical open work basket car- 
ried on the back. 
146. 
Geringsin. 
A circular brass box with conical cover, 
used for holding pinang and sir eh 
leaf. 
147. 
Giak. 
s. 
The frames (lower) of a boat. 
148. 
Giam. 
A cascade, waterfall. Cf. riam. 
149. 
Gigis. 
To scratch, make a mark as a carpenter 
with a nail or marking gauge. Cf. 
kikis. 
149a. 
Gimbar. 
Position side by side, as of poles in a 
raft or planks in flooring: bergimbar 
am pat = 4 side by side. 
150. 
Giok. 
Caterpillar, maggot. 
151. 
Giring . 2 
w. 
w. 
(i) Small bells used when fishing with 
hand-lines. 
(ii) To drive together (of cattle) 
(Maxwell). 
152. 
Gobang. 
w. 
A dug-out. 
153. 
Gochok. 
s. 
A betel-nut pounder. 
154. 
Gugur. 
s. w. 
Commonly used in tire same sense as 
jatoh, fall. 
141. Also “clumsy,” “awkward,” “loutish” in Sarawak. Da yak: 
“wild,” “savage,” “fierce,” “troublesome” e.g. buaya gauk, 
“a troublesome crocodile. ” Sarawak Malays use it in this sense 
too. 
143. Cf. Javanese gawai, “a tool” or “instrument.” 
1435. Gelagah in Malay Peninsula for “wild sugar-cane.” 
145. Cf. Jceranjang (Sarawak and Malay Peninsula). 
147. Dayak. 
148. Another instance of the Brunei ’s apparent dislike of using the letter 
r either at the beginning or end of a word It is perhaps of 
interest to note that they do not follow the Chinese in replacing 
r by l. The Land-Dayaks of Sarawak provide a curious con- 
trast to the Brunei Malays and Chinese in that they have difficulty 
with the letter l. In many Malay words they replace l by r. 
149a. Cf. Malay gernbar “twins,” “double.” 
152. “A one-masted sea-going native ship ( perahu ) of a Bugis type” 
(Wilkinson). Gubong (Haynes in Brunei-Malay Vocabulary). 
153. Cf. gochoh, Sarawak Malay and Dayak in this sense. 
154. And Dayak. 
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