=Betiti tendai=, “walking on the _tendai_, or bar on which cotton is placed in weaving.” Name of a _manang_ ceremony. =Betukup rarong=, “to split open the coffin.” Name of a _manang_ ceremony. =Bilian=, iron-wood; the only wood which the white ants do not attack. =Bilik=, a room. =Bliong=, a Dyak tool, which can be used both as an adze and an axe. =Bubong=, a cage. C =Chanang=, a brass gong, smaller than the _tawak_. D =Dandong=, a shawl; a _sarong_, or long skirt. =Duku=, a chopper; a sword. =Durian=, a fruit very much liked by the Dyaks. E =Embuas=, name of an omen bird. =Endun=, a term of endearment applied to girls. =Engkratong=, a musical instrument resembling a guitar. =Engkrumong=, a set of eight small brass gongs, each sounding a different note, arranged in a frame. =Engkrurai=, a musical instrument made of bamboo tubes fixed in a gourd. =Ensera=, a fairy tale. =Ensuling=, a flageolet. G =Galanggang=, a game, not unlike prisoner’s base, played by the Dyaks. =Gawai Antu=, the “Spirit Feast”; feast in honour of the dead. =Gawai Batu=, the “Stone Feast,” held before farming operations begin. =Gawai Benih=, the “Seed Feast,” held just before sowing the seed. =Gawai Burong=, the “Bird Feast,” held in honour of human heads taken in war. =Gawai Gajah=, the “Elephant Feast”; the greatest of all feasts connected with head-hunting. =Gawai Ijok=, the “_Ijok_ Feast.” The _ijok_ is the gamuti palm from which a native drink (_tuak_) is obtained. This feast is connected with head-hunting. =Gawai Mandi Rumah=, a feast given when a new house is built; the house-warming. =Gawai Nyimpan Padi=, the “Feast of Storing the Paddy,” held after the reaping and winnowing are over, when the paddy is ready to be stored. =Gawai Pala=, “the Head Feast.” Another name for _Gawai Burong_. =Gawai Tenyalang=, “the Horn-bill Feast.” Another name for _Gawai Burong_. =Ginselan=, a sacrifice in which some animal is slain and the blood used. =Gusi=, the name of an old jar of great value, and looked upon as sacred. I =Igat=, a term of endearment applied to boys. =Ilang=, a curiously carved sword. =Ipoh=, a tree (_Antiaris toxicaria_) the sap of which is poisonous, and used to poison the darts of the blow-pipe. J =Jadi rumah?= “Is the house free from taboo?”—_i.e._, May we walk up into the house? The usual question asked before entering a Dyak house. =Jala=, a casting-net. K =Kabayah=, a long jacket worn by Malay women. =Kadjang=, a covering made of the young leaves of the _nipa_ palm, etc., sewn together with split cane. This is used as awnings for boats, or for the roof of temporary huts. =Kain=, a woman’s petticoat. =Kana=, a fairy tale set to verse and sung. =Kapu=, lime. =Kasih ka imbok enda kasih ka manok=, “To show kindness to the wild pigeon, but not to the domestic fowl” (Dyak proverb). =Kati=, 1¼ pounds. =Katupong=, an omen bird. =Kini ka nuan?= “Where are you going?” A form of greeting.