FASCICULI MALATENSES 
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English 
Malay 
Patani Sea Language 
Monk (Buddhist) 
Tohchah or psami 
Chehweh kuning (yellow) 
Ox 
Lembu 
Chehweh bong 
‘ Ox Fish ’ 
‘Oxherd Bird’ ( Acridotheres 
Ikan lembu 
Ikan bong 
fuse us •) 
Burong gambala lembu 
Burong gambala bong 
Pig 
Babi 
Chehweh to gong 
Rat 
Tikus 
Chehweh chi 
Sea Spirit 
Hantu Laut 
Chehweh 
Sheep or Goat 
Kambing 
Chehweh beh 
Snake 
Ular 
Chehweh akar (root) 
Snake (sea) 
Ular laut 
Chehweh lehreh or glehreh (‘ weaver’s 
sword ’) 
Steer, to 
J ermudi 
Jeragam 
Tiger 
Harimau or rimau 
Chehweh jalu (striped) 
Turn, to 
Paling 
Mandang 
Vulture 
Burong ana ’reng 
Chehweh kangah or Chehweh kapala 
bubu (bald head) 
After those words in the list that are literally c roundabout,’ that is to say, 
that are nothing more than short descriptions in ordinary Malay, I have put 
the literal translation in brackets, but 1 have not thought it necessary to repeat 
chehweh , which I am unable to explain, in each instance. Several of the names 
of beasts, as those of the tiger and the snake, explain themselves ; utu is the Patani 
pronunciation of untut (elephantiasis or leprosy), and the explanation of 
chehweh utu given me by a fisherman was that the elephant’s forehead bulged 
out as though it was suffering from this disease ; I do not know why the 
human foot is called ‘ tortoise ’ ; the sea snake referred to as c weaver’s 
sword chehweh ,’ because its flattened tail resembles the wooden implement of 
that name used in weaving ; the monk is called ‘ yellow ’ because of the 
colour of his robes. As will be readily seen, several of the names are 
conventional renderings of the sound made by the beast they represent, for 
example, beh, mu-ah , chi ; while chak is merely an abbreviation of the word in 
ordinary use, which is itself onomatopaedic, the final k being very faintly 
indicated in the pronunciation of the Malay Peninsula. Other names, again, 
such as bong , king , topang , and the like, are possibly derived from some other 
language : they may be Siamese, though I have not been able to find any 
parallels for them either in Bishop PallegoixV Siamese dictionary or in 
Crawfurd’s vocabularies,’ for the Senggora dialect spoken in the neighbour- 
hood of Patani differs considerably from standard Siamese. 
1. I am indebted to Mr. H. C. Robinson for the identification. 
2. Dictionarium Linguae Tai si-ve Siamensis, Paris, 1854. 
3. Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China , vol. ii, London, 1830. 
