A VOCABULARY OF BRUNEI MALAY. 
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400. 
Selisip. 
Mother of pearl shell. 
401. 
Sembayau. 
The canary nut. 
402. 
Sempayan. 
= tutup tiang, the holes, linking together 
the main posts of a house. 
403. 
Sempilau. 
Wooden pegs for hanging clothes on. 
404. 
Sempiran. 
s. 
A tree ( Casuarina sp.). 
405. 
Senatu. 
(? = sana itu), there. 
406. 
Sendakan. 
Part of the pilamas made of nibong 
and attached to the line above the 
hook (v. pilamas). 
407. 
Serapit. 
The fruit of a tree ( Willughbeia sp.). 
406. 
Serawong. 
The Malay conical hat. 
409. 
Siabun. 
A kind of unbleached linen, coarser 
than belachu. 
410. 
Siar. 
s. 
A kind of large prawn. 
411. 
Sibabau. 
V. babau. Kemudi si-babau, a rudder 
used when line fishing from the bows 
of a boat, operated by a long pole on 
the side opposite to which the man 
is paddling. 
412. 
Sigai. 
Takoyong sigai, a shell, Cypraea. 
413. 
Sigi. 
Cleanse. 
414. 
Sigup. 
Tobacco. 
415. 
Sikap. 
s. 
In readiness, with clothes on, for a 
journey. 
416. 
Sikut. 
To carry on the back as a child is 
carried. 
417. 
Silap. 
To fire a cannon. 
418. 
Singgan. 
s.w. 
Singgan sini = sampai sini. 
419. 
Sipak. 
s. 
Kemudi sipak, the Malay rudder. 
420. 
Sirah. 
Salt. 
421. 
Sirik. 
The fins of a fish. 
422. 
Siring. 
s. 
(i) Edge. 
(ii) Buang ayer, when speaking of the 
Sultan. 
423. 
Sirong. 
s.w. 
Tapered at the end as the blade of a 
paddle. 
402. Cf. Dayak jempayan. 
405. Cf. Sarawak nyatu, “that’s the one.” Sana itu becomes Sana ya in 
Sarawak contracted to siya, 1 ‘ there. ’ ’ 
408. Cf. saoung (Kenyah), raong (Kalabit). 
414. Dayak. 
415. Dayak. Cf. siyap (Malay Peninsula). 
421. Strip in Malay Peninsula and Sarawak. 
423. “Aslant” in Sarawak. “Out of the straight line, crooked, awry, 
at an angle” (Wilkinson). “The spaces between the posts of a 
house” (Haynes). 
R. A. Soc., No. 83, 1921. 
