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A VOCABULARY OF THE KAYAN LANGUAOE OF THE NORTH¬ 
WEST OF BORNEO. 
By It. Burns, Esq* 
Like all the other aboriginal tribes of Borneo the Kayans 
have no alphabet, mode of writing or knowledge of letters, 
nor do they practice any systematical method of represent¬ 
ing their ideas by figures. With the exception of local 
differences, all the divisions of the tribe speak the same 
language, so as to be intelligible to each other throughout 
their wide range on the island. The Kayan language is 
copious, pleasantly soft and comparatively easily required. 
The following is a vocabulary of the dialect spoken in 
the district of the rivers Bintulu and Rajang, and their 
branches. 
Earth 
Sky 
Sea 
Sun 
Moon 
Star 
Light 
Darkness 
Lightning 
Thunder 
Eclipse 
Heat 
Cold 
Cloud 
Rainbow 
Tide-flow 
Fire 
Smoke 
Sparks 
Flame 
Ashes 
Fuel 
Charcoal 
Water 
River 
Rain 
Tana Lim 
Current 
Kasi 
Langit 
Lake 
Bawang 
Kala 
Dew 
Lipot 
Matin-dow 
Fog 
Ap 
Bulan 
Wind 
Bahoie 
Kraning 
Storm 
Ovan 
Mala 
Land 
Tana 
Lidam 
Country 
Dali 
Kilat 
Village 
Dolia 
Balari 
Town 
Dali 
Sowang 
Island 
Busang 
Laso 
Cape Point 
Tujol 
Laram 
Lison 
Langi Hatong 
W T hirl-pool 
Plantation 
Field 
Ivak 
^ Luma 
Wap 
Apui 
Plane 
Tana Padit 
Wood jungle 
Tuan 
Lison 
Sand 
Hyt 
Wur 
Rock 
Batu 
Mala 
Shell 
Seh 
Havo 
Garden 
Luvo 
Tyon 
Mountain 
Knalang 
Lusong 
Cave 
Luvong 
Atta 
Hoase 
Oma 
Hungie 
Room 
Tilong 
Taman 
Us an 
Door 
