A VOCABULARY OF BRUNEI MALAY. 63 
283. 
Mata. 
Mata-matai, to Tepair fishing nets. 
284. 
Matan. 
A fruit. 
285. 
Mauk. 
Drunk, = mabok. 
286. 
Melaban. 
An edible fruit. 
287. 
Meloh. 
M. aring, = the sealing-wax palm (Cyr- 
cosiachys lacca). 
288. 
Mempalai. 
Naik mempalai , = to wear flowers in the 
hair. . 
289. 
Menangin. 
A fish (sp. ?). 
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Menantang. 
To gaze at, = pandang. 
289a. 
Menaulih. 
To turn the face aside, - palis 
290. 
Mengipak. 
S. 
To carry on the hips, = mendukong (see 
No. 213). 
291. 
Mengampai. 
To lie down. 
291b. 
Mengano. 
To assail. 
292. 
Menjarang. 
S. 
To cook rice. 
293. 
Menungan. 
An edible fruit. 
2935. 
Menyasap. 
To clear the ground. 
294. 
Meraka. 
s. 
A tree ( Mcrbau sp.) yielding a very 
tough wood. 
295. 
Meritam. 
S'. 
A fruit resembling rambutan. 
296. 
Miatu. 
Bagitu, like that, quite so. 
297. 
Miris. 
Leaky; not so strong as bubvs. 
298. 
Misan. 
A tombstone, generally of wood. 
299. 
Mongsang. 
= Musang, the polecat. 
2995. 
Muara. 
s. w. 
Kuala, mouth of a river. 
300. 
Mulong. 
s. 
Raw sago. 
301. 
Muleh. 
= to return, go home, = pulang. 
302. 
Mumut. 
s. 
Rotten. 
302a. 
Myelus. 
A fruit resembling sembayau, the 
canary nut. 
303. 
Najar. 
is. 
Biken niat, to decorate with flowers 
Niat. 
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and hangings and worship at a tomb. 
289. ? — ikan senangin, a common salt-water fish of the Malay Penin- 
sula and Sarawak. 
295. ‘‘Pulasan fruit” (Haynes). 
296. Also miaiii, ‘‘like this”, or demiani and dcmiatu with the a broader in 
Brunei than in Sarawak. 
297. = tiris (Malay Peninsula and Sarawak). Bubus is more ‘‘broken or 
slit open beyond repair” than ‘‘leaky.” 
299. Munsang and musang in Sarawak. Wilkinson gives mongsang as a 
variant from Riau. 
300. Sarawak Malay and Dayak. 
302. Cf. Dayak but, bcbut, ‘‘rotten,” ‘‘stinking.” In Sarawak Malay 
mumut also means ‘‘rough” (of wood) e.g. as plants before 
planing. 
R. A. Soc., No. 83, 1921. 
