FASCICULI MALATENSES 
H 
English 
Malay 
Patani Sea Language 
Monk (Buddhist) 
ToAchaA or psamt 
Chehweh hutting (yellow) 
Or 
Lembu 
Chehweh bong 
4 Or Fish * 
than ktrtbu 
t hart bong 
4 Oxherd Bird* {Acridotkeres 
fuseus J ) 
Bur&ng gambata tembu 
Burong gambata bong 
Pig 
Babi 
Chehweh togong 
Rat 
Tikus 
Che Aw eh chi 
Sea Spirit 
Hantu Laut 
Chehtoeh 
Sheep or Goat 
Kambing 
Chekweh beh 
Snake 
Ukr 
Chekweh akar (root) 
Snake (sea) 
Ular taut 
Chehweh lehrek or gtehrch (‘weaver’s 
Steer, to 
Jermudi 
sword ’) 
Jeragam 
Tiger 
Hartman or rimau 
Chehweh jalu (striped) 
Turn, to 
Bating 
Mandang 
Vulture 
But ting ana ’rertg 
Chehweh kangah or Chehweh kapata 
bubu (bald head) 
After those words in the list that are literally * roundabout,’ that is to say, 
that are nothing more than short descriptions in ordinary Malay, I have put 
the literal translation in brackets, but I have not thought it necessary to repeat 
cbehweb , 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 
cbehweb 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 1 2 * ; the sea snake referred to as ( weaver’s 
sword cbehweby because its flattened tail resembles the wooden implement of 
that name used in weaving ; the monk is called 4 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, beb 9 mu-ah, chi ; while ebak 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 bongy king, tbpang , 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 
Crawford’s vocabularies,* for the Senggora dialect spoken in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Patani differs considerably from standard Siamese, 
i. lam indebted to Mr. H. C, Robinion for the identification. 
2. Diitionarium Lingual Tai tint Siamtntis, Paris, 1854. 
J. Journal of an Embassy to tht Courts 0/ Siam and Cochin China, vol, ti, London, 1830, 
