=Klambi=, a sleeveless jacket; a coat. =Kutok=, an omen bird. L =Labong=, a headkerchief. =Langan=, waves in tidal rivers which are caused at flood-tide by the strong current rushing over the shallows. =Lantai=, bamboo, or palms, etc., split into laths, and tied together for the flooring of a house, or to sit upon in boats. =Lari ka ribut nemu ujan, lari ka sungkup nemu pendam=, “Running from the hurricane, he encounters the rain; running from a tombstone, he finds himself in a graveyard” (Dyak proverb). =Lesong=, a wooden mortar used for pounding rice, etc. =Limban=, the Dyak Styx; the river in Hades. =Lobon-lobon=, the words shouted by those watching a diving ordeal. The meaning is uncertain. =Lumpang=, a piece of bamboo in which rice has been cooked; used at the feast for the dead as a boat to fetch the spirits from Hades. =Lunas=, the keel of a boat. =Lupong=, a Dyak medicine-chest. M =Maias=, the orang-utan (_Simia satyrus_). =Makai di ruai=, literally “eating in the public hall of a Dyak house.” Name of a social feast. =Makai rami=, literally “eating joyfully in large numbers.” Name of a social feast. =Mali=, forbidden; tabooed. =Manang=, a witch-doctor. =Manang bali=, a witch-doctor who has changed his sex and become a woman. =Manang bangun=, a witch-doctor who has been “waved upon”—_i.e._, who has been through the “waving upon” ceremony. =Manang enjun=, a witch-doctor who has been “trodden upon”—_i.e._, who has been through the “trodden upon” ceremony. =Manang mansau=, literally “a ripe _manang_”—_i.e._, one who is a fully qualified _manang_. =Manang matak=, literally “an unripe _manang_”—_i.e._, one who has not been fully initiated into the mysteries of the _manang’s_ profession. =Manjong=, to shout all together. =Mencha=, the Sword Dance. =Mlah pinang=, literally “to split the betel-nut.” To perform the marriage ceremony by splitting the betel-nut. N =Naga=, a dragon. A valuable old jar with the figure of a dragon on it. =Nampok=, to spend the night at a solitary place in order to obtain some charms from the spirits. =Nemuai ka Sabayan=, “making a journey to Hades.” Name of a _manang_ ceremony. =Nendak=, an omen bird. =Ngelembayan=, “taking a long sight.” Name of a _manang_ ceremony. =Nibong=, a thorny palm (_Oncosperma tigillaria_). =Nipa=, a palm which grows by the sea and at the mouths of rivers (_Nipa fructicans_). O =Orang-utan=, the _maias_ (_Simia satyrus_). P =Padi=, rice in the husk. =Pagar api=, literally “a fence of fire.” A spear fixed blade upwards, with leaves tied to it, round which the _manangs_ walk when taking part in their ceremonies. =Pana=, an offering of food given to the dead by the friends of those who are in mourning. =Pandong=, a kind of altar erected in different parts of the veranda of the Dyak house during the Bird Feast. =Papau=, an omen bird. =Para piring=, the altar of sacrifice.