66 A VOCABULARY OF BRUNEI MALAY. 
342. 
Pertenunan. 
s. 
The loom. 
343. 
Petam. 
Hinges of a door or box. 
344. 
Piasau. 
Coconut. 
345. 
Pihit. 
To pres® down, weigh down: — 
Mayang sirnbur, raayang singgalam, 
Tiga dengan mayang simbatu 
Santa timbul sama tinggalam 
Berat sauh di-piliit batu. 
346. 
Pilamas. 
Panelling pilamas, a method of fishing 
for sharks and other large fish form- 
erly much practised near Brunei. 
347. 
Pinanasan. 
A variety of the canary nut ( sem - 
bayau ). 
348. 
Pinduan. 
s. 
The native quoits, played with brass 
discs. 
349. 
Pinis. 
A tree ( Sloetia sideroxylon) , yielding 
a hard and heavy wood. 
349a. 
Pipir. 
A piece, a strip. Rain tajong dua 
pipir, a sarong of two pieces joined 
together. 
350. 
Piri . 2 
The heartvvood of balcau, mangrove. 
351. 
Piyai. 
A common riverside plant, the young 
leaves used as ulam. 
352. 
Pompong. 
s. 
To fasten in a bundle, bunch together. 
353. 
Pulak. 
To pluck fruit or flowers. 
354. 
Pupul. 
Idem. 
355. 
Puputan. 
s. 
Bellows. 
356. 
Purun. 
s. 
A sedge ( Eloeocharis variegata) . 
357. 
Putar. 
s. 
Pah at putar, a gouge chisel. 
358. 
Rabah. 
To fall down. 
3-5-9. 
Ragian. 
A shelf in a Malay house. 
360. 
Raman. 
s. 
A fish (sp. ?). 
3-61. 
Rambat. 
The Malay casting net, jala. Verb 
berambat. 
362. 
Ramis. 
A small marine bivalve (edible). 
362a. 
Rantau. 
A seine net. 
363. 
Rawai. 
w. 
(i) Tali rawai, a long line of baited 
hooks attached at either end to a 
pelampong. 
342. 
From tenun, “to weave. 
y y 
345. 
Cf. pichit or apit, 
‘ ‘ to 
press” or “to squeeze.” In Sarawak kena 
pirit is used of a person run over by a steam-roller or train. 
355. From puput ‘ ‘ to blow. ’ ’ In Dayak puputan — ‘ 1 forge. ’ ’ 
Also “straw” in Sarawak, e.g. topi purun, “a straw hat.” 
357. Cf. putar “rotation,” “motion on an axis” (Wilkinson). 
358. Eebah in Malay Peninsula and Sarawak. 
362. Remis in Malay Peninsula and Sarawak. 
362a. Cf. W. “a reach of a river,” “a long straight stretch of coast.” 
Jour. Straits Branch 
