Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo: A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean JunglesGomes, Edwin Herbert
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Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo: A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles
Gomes, Edwin Herbert
Iban (Bornean people); Sarawak (Malaysia) -- Description and travel
=Pelampong=, a wooden float, generally cut in the form of a duck, to
which baited hooks are fastened.
=Pelandai=, a love-song.
=Pelian=, a _manang_ ceremony to restore the health of a sick person.
=Pendam=, a burial-ground.
=Pendok=, a tree with fibrous bark.
=Pengap=, an incantation.
=Pengaroh=, a charm.
=Petara=, gods.
=Peti=, a spring trap set to kill wild pig.
=Pinang=, the betel-nut; the areca-nut.
=Piring=, an offering of food.
=Plandok=, the mouse-deer.
=Puni=, a peculiar Dyak superstition that, if food is offered to a man
and he goes away without at least touching it, some misfortune is sure to
befall him. It is said that he is sure to be attacked by a crocodile, or
bitten by a snake, or suffer from the attack of some other animal.
R
=Rawai=, a Dyak woman’s corset, made of tiny brass rings strung close
together on hoops of cane.
=Rarong=, a coffin.
=Remaung di rumah rawong di tanah=, “A tiger in the house, but a frog in
the field” (Dyak proverb).
=Rotan=, cane; rattan.
=Ruai=, the public veranda of a Dyak house.
=Rusa=, a deer. A valuable old jar with the figure of a deer on it.
S
=Sabayan=, Hades.
=Sadau=, the loft of a Dyak house.
=Sakit Rajah=, “the disease caused by the King (of evil
spirits)”—smallpox.
=Sarong=, a long petticoat worn by Malay men and women.
=Saut=, the name of a _manang_ ceremony.
=Serumai=, a one-stringed fiddle.
=Sirat=, a waist-cloth; the usual male attire of the Dyak.
=Sireh=, a vine of the pepper tribe; its leaves are chewed with lime,
gambier, and betel-nut.
=Sumping=, a Dyak observance held after the death of relatives.
=Sumpit=, a blow-pipe.
T
=Tabak=, a brass dish.
=Tajau=, a valuable jar.
=Tanju=, the uncovered veranda of a Dyak house, where paddy and other
things are put out to dry in the sun.
=Tawak=, a large brass gong.
=Tendai=, the bar on which cotton is placed in weaving.
=Tenyalang=, the rhinoceros hornbill (_Buceros rhinoceros_).
=Tikai buret=, a seat-mat.
=Timang=, to sing to in a monotonous manner.
=Tuai rumah=, the headman or chief of a Dyak house.
=Tuak=, native spirit.
=Tuan=, gentleman; master; sir. The term of respect usually applied to
Englishmen.
=Tuba=, the name applied to a poison from the root of a shrub (_Derris
alleptica_), or of a creeper. The poisonous bark of a tree. There are
several kinds of _tuba_ used for _tuba_-fishing.
=Tugong bula=, “the liar’s mound.” A pile of branches and twigs heaped up
in memory of a man who has told a great lie.
U
=Ulit=, mourning.
INDEX
A
Abroad, the Dyak, 333
_Achar_, 54
Adultery, 69, 132
Affection, domestic, 70
Ah Choy, 241, 248
Ah Fook Cheyne, 249
_Ajat_, 222
Amusements, sports and, 220
_Apai Saloi_, 254
Armadillo, 153
Articles buried with the dead, 138
_Attap_, 42, 150
Augury, 161
Axe, Dyak, 50, 51
B
Bad times, 326
Bailey, D. J. S., 184
_Baiya_, 138
Basket-making, 53
Bat, 153
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