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Moon ; night : tongkat g'lap, Pant.
Kap. Joh. Last night : sa tongkat
g'lap, Pant. Kap. Joh. Noon: tengah
tongkat, Pant. Kap. Joh. Star :
anak tongkat, Pant. Kap. Her.,
tongkat
Pant. Kap. Joh. Year :
bagin, Pant. Kap. Joh. Yesterday :
tongkat ch'Iek, Pant. Kap. Joh. ;
G 130. [This appears to be a taboo
word and its origin is obscure. In
Malay, tongkat means " to prop up ";
hence " a prop," " a walking-stick."
Possibly the word contains an allusion
to the pillars (or other supports) of
the firmament. I do not believe it is
connected with D 33 or D 38. ]
40. Day : tabiah. Tan. U. Lang.
41. Day: chahai? (cha.ha.), Sein.
Beg. ; (chahar), Ben. New. ; chOhSi,
Bes. Sep. A. I. ; chohoi, Bes. Songs ;
ch'hoi,
Her.
Bes. Malac. (tch'oi), Bes.
;
To - day : chehoi, Darat.
Day ;
daylight : [Mai. siang) :
chohoi, Sem. Jarum ; ch6h6i, Kena.
//. ; choi (tchoi), Bes. Her. Light
(opp. to dark) : chohoy, Ben. New.;
chahai, Sem. Jur. And., Sejn. Jur.
New. ; cha hai, Sem. Jur. Rob. ; chahas
? (dschahas), Sem. K. Ken. Light;
brightness : chShi, chahi (chhi), Sem.
Buk. Max. Flame ; flaming : chfthi
(chhi), Sem. Pa. Max. ; bechahi
(bjhi), Sem. Pa. Max. White {Mai.
putih): chohui, Sem. Kedah. Brightness
; shining : chahia or chahSya
(chhia), Sem. Pa. Max. Flame
nocha (no-tcha), Som. ; chia (tchia),
Sak. Kerb. [Cf. Mai. Sansk. chahaya,
"brightness," but I doubt if this
explains all these forms ; cf. D 42. ]
42. D.\Y : (a) jungiah, Sak. Br. Low ;
iuniat (djouniat), Som. (djouniate),
Sak. Croix ; chinah, Buk. U. Lang.
Noon [Mai. tSngah hari) : chin -he
or ch6-he, Se^n. Kedah. Dawn :
cheh6d (dschehod) or chghoi (dschg-
hot), Sem. Martin [ ? = D 41].
[ ? Cf. Central Nicobar chu-ngai'''',
"light"; Teressa, Chowra ongaich,
"day."]
[b) Day: haioh (haiu'h?), Sem. Buk.
Max. ; eh, Sem. Ij. Day ; daylight
[Mai. siang): i-a', Sen. Cliff.; yah,
Darat ; ya'^, Serau. Daylight :
ya, Sak. U. Kam. Light ; day
ya', Sak. U. Bert. To-day [Mai.
hari ini) : hai-oh [pr. hai-ohh), Sem.
Kedah ; haieh ? (hie) [in the MS.
hiey], Sem.. U. Sel. Light: hSnhai?
(hn.hai), Sem.
lin apparently
Beg. [Sein.
has—hu,hai. ]
TomTo-
ABORIGINAL DIALECTS 575
day [Mai. hari ini) : unoi (/;-.
un-oi). Sent. Plus; unui (doubtful),
Sem. Jarum. Early in the morning :
yS,, Sak. Lia. \ nahia, Sihn. ; jonyah
[djon yah), Sak. Kerb. Early
morning : y^hyah, Sak. Kerb.
Greeting (" good -day ") : ndhy^ ;
nahy^, Sak. Kerb. The day after
to - morrow : yahna, Sak. Kerb. ;
muya, Serau ; niuya' (niuyak), Darat.
Two days after to - morrow [Mai.
tulat) : noiya, Serau. [Cf. Mon yah
(?/r. yeh), "to shine"; and its
derivations Igyah, "light"; pSyyah,
" bright light " ; ggyah, " morning " ;
'
liyah yah ; gSta, ' the morrow " ; and
? cf. Sedang hi, "day."]
[c) Day: mo -hi, Sak. Sel. Da.
[Some of these words are perhaps
connected with the following.]
43. DAY:((z)bri, U. Tern. Sun: motbri,
U. Tem. ; matbri, Pal. [Afi mat
pri ; Khmus matpri ; Lemet ngay
pri, '
' sun."]
(1^) Day : s6ri, Ke7ia. /. ; hari,
Mantr. Malac, Jak. Malac. ; are'
(arek), Bes. Songs ; arikn, Dai-at ;
nuhari, Serau. Daylight ; light
(opp. darkness) : hari, Sak. Ra.
To-day : hari ika' (hari-ikak), Galang;
ari ho (ari' h6"), Bes. Her. ; ninhari',
Bedu. L ; nin-hari', Bedu. //.
nin-hari, Mantr. Malac. [Mai. ini
hari). To-morrow: sarii' (sarek),
Serting. Daily ; every day : sahari
(s'hari), Sak.
"one day."]
Ra. [Mai. sa-hari,
New moon : nu hari
O (nouhari), Sak. Ra. ;
28. Forenoon:
tengah hai muda (tngh hai muda),
Sem. Buk. Max. Early morning
tengah hai (tngh hai), Sem. Buk.
Max. Noon :
tengah hai bfitul (tngh
100.
hai btul), Sem. Buk. Max. ;
Yesterday : hari' malam,
M
Bedu. L
Sun : men-ari', Bes. Her. ; met are'
(met arek), Bes. K. Lang.; m^t hari,
Sak. Mariin ; mathari, Bes. Malac.
matahari, Darat, Ben. New.,
Mantr. Malac, Jak. Malac. Sunrise
: matahari timbol, Mantr. Malac.
Solar eclipse : matahari nyeh, Serting
; matahari' sakit, Bedu. II.
mata hari tangkak rgmafi, Jak. Mad.
matahari tfilan bulan, Galang. Noon
tgngah hari' (tengah harik), Serau.
[Mai. hari, "day."]
44. Day : ching [in the MS. originally
cheeng], Setn. U. Sel. Day or
light [Mai. siang) : chuang, Pang.
Sam, Pang. Gal. Daylight : siang,
Jak. Malac. [Mai. siang].