Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

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Jet-leh bau pandok putih.
Follow-then M^-scent of the mouse-deer white.
Pandok putih chclui ha-dooh.
T'A^-mouse-deer white descendj to-M^-water.
Dalam dooh kom-Ieh dah.
In Mt'-water got-then has.^
Dah kcbus pandok putih.
Is dead M^-mouse-deer white.
Klek-leh ha-donj; pandok putih-ha.
Carr>'-then homewards the mouse-deer white this.
Bente-leh pandok putih.
Quarter-then the mouse-deer white.
Jon nachar muntet mulih.
Give to eat a-Iittle to each-one.
K:tur. The Wild Boar.
Dret, dret, dret, bunyi' kctur.
' Dret, dret, dret,' is the cry of the wild-pig.
Kenon ketur nachar ha-bois.
The young of the wild-pig that feed-on sugarcane.
Nachar yet, nachar hila'.
Feed-on yams, feed -on sweet-potatoes.
Doyt dah nachar icba'-he.
Utterly is eaten-up thii clearing ^t/" yours.
Jong kctur tujah-tujah.
The feet of the Boar are pointed-pointed.
Tih kctur soroi-soroi.*
The fore-legs r/M^ Boar are sloping-sloping.
Bulu' kctur gcrchas-gcrchas.
The bristles of the Boar are stubborn -stubborn (? bristling).
Met kctur pclat-pclat.-'
The eyes of the Boar are squinting-squinting.
Tbng kctur chanchang-chanchang.
The ears of the Boar are pricked-up pricked-up.
Scmuk-leh pipi kctur.
Fat indeed are the chaps of the Boar.
Iku kctur gewet-gewet.
And the t.til of the Boar is crisp and curly (?).^
Chclui kctur nachar ha-be.
There descends the Boar to feed upon r^«'' rice.
Gul ding blau klau bunga'.
Take your bamboo blowpipe scored with patterns.
' I.e. the dog has got it. explanation given me it = " curl-curl,"'
^ V.l. "choroi-choroi." /.«•." inclined to be curly," but is not the
^ " P^rlat-p6rlat," or " pclat-pilat "
wild pig's tail supposed to bestraight (?).
= cross-eyed or squinting (?) (Mai. Ridley suggests "goes flip-flap, froni
•' t^rbliak "). the way it flaps when he is running."
* Exact sense doubtful : from the I ] 'refer, however, the former sense.