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Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

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666 APPENDIX<br />

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Tingi jelepak tumbang merbau.<br />

L<strong>of</strong>tily rocks (?) and falls <strong>the</strong> merbau.<br />

Bavva' pahat, bawa' rimbas.<br />

Bring chisel, bring planing-adze.<br />

Dah bahan siap lante.<br />

Now you have split it, make-ready <strong>the</strong> grating.<br />

Siap dandan siap kurong.<br />

Make-ready a gallery, make-ready a deckhouse.<br />

Siap dayong siap kajang.<br />

Make-ready oars, make-ready awning.<br />

Muat gharu muat lilin.<br />

Load eaglewood, load wax.<br />

Ka'on kemiyan, muat damar.<br />

Load benzoin, load resin.<br />

Muat getah getah taban.<br />

Load gutta, gutta taban.<br />

Tegak ^ tihang blayar ha-bawau.<br />

Set up yoiir mast and sail \.o-<strong>the</strong> sea.<br />

Blayar menuju bawau Mambang.^<br />

Sail pointing-towards <strong>the</strong> sea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>_ Mambang.<br />

Labo' sauh, yal ha-teh.<br />

Drop j'(7«r anchor, a;/(/ climb to-land.<br />

Tukar barang di-dong-naliL<br />

Barter goods at <strong>the</strong> houses here.<br />

Pahu' menuju negri Malaka'.<br />

Oiir boat points to <strong>the</strong> land <strong>of</strong> Malacca.<br />

Laboh sauh di-negri Malaka',<br />

We let-fall our anchor <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> land'*?/ Malacca,<br />

Tukar lilin tukar damar.<br />

And barter our wax, barter our resin.<br />

Tukar getah ^ tukar kemiyan.<br />

Barter our gutta, barter our benzoin.<br />

Ka'on'' bras ka'oii garam.<br />

And load up with husked-rice, Xoz-A-up-with salt.<br />

Pahu menuju ka-negri kita'.^<br />

Otir boat points to-land <strong>of</strong> o\\x%.<br />

Laboh sauh di-negri kita',<br />

Let-fall our anchor at-land ^ours,<br />

Temong kawan kadui hedet,<br />

A)id call our comrades great and small,<br />

<strong>the</strong> man's name, or taken with ^ There are many kinds <strong>of</strong> " getah "-<br />

" tukang " it may = Basket - maker<br />

probably <strong>the</strong> latter. "Chentong" or<br />

producing trees in <strong>the</strong> country,<br />

"Getah taban," for instance = gutta-<br />

"scntong" is <strong>the</strong> back-basket used for percha, and "getah susu " carrying jungle -produce among <strong>the</strong>se<br />

or "getah<br />

grip " tribes.<br />

= caoutchouc,<br />

* " Ka'on " 1 =Bes. " lek tihang."<br />

= Mai. "muat."<br />

»"Ka-ntgri kita"' = Bes. " ha<br />

2 Doubtless a place-name <strong>of</strong> this dung he-pape '."<br />

region. Mai. " Mambang" = "Deity."<br />

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