Through Central Borneo - Part 28
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Part 28

_parang_, Dayak short sword (= mandau).

_pasang-grahan_, public lodging-house.

_pisau_, small knife.

_plandok_, mouse-deer (_tragulus_).

_prahu_, native boat.

_pumbakal_, chief (= kapala).

_raja_, a native chief, or n.o.ble.

_raja besar_, big raja.

_ringit_, the Dutch coin of f. 2.50.

_rupia_, florin, guilder.

_rusa_, deer.

_sambir_, mat made from palm leaves.

_sarong_, a cloth wound around the loins.

_sayur_, vegetable stew.

_sumpitan_, blowpipe.

_takut_, timid.

_ticcar_, mat made from rattan.

_tin_, five-gallon tin can.

_tingang_, great hornbill.

_tingeling_, scaly ant-eater.

_tuak_, native rice brandy.

_tuan_, master, lord.

_tuan besar_, great master or lord.

_tuba_, root used for poisoning the water for fishing purposes.

_utan_, jungle, woods.

_wah-wah_, gibbon, a long-armed monkey.

_w.a.n.g_, coin, money.