Malay Magic _ Being an introduction to the - Walter William Skeat

“Kur sĕmangat, S’ri Gading, Gĕmala Gading! Batang-’kau perak bĕrtuang Daun-’kau tĕmbaga bĕlĕpeh, Tangkei-’kau ’m ...

the roof of your mouth, and contract the throat thrice, slowly swallowing as you do so.” To the above she ...

that it was a very good sign, and that it was a known rule that if there was nobody else who ...

The mining contractor, also called towkay lombong and towkay labur, vide infra. ↑ 227 Lit. “Taboo language.” ↑ ...

the tin-ore to remain (handak di-pulih balik sapaya jangan mengorang biji). Once in every two or three year ...

Beam or rafter of the shed. ↑ 247 Palm-leaf thatch. ↑ 248 Forbes mentions a “palm-leaf fringe” used in cert ...

i.e. his “connections.” ↑ 259 Sel. Journ. vol. iv. No. 8, p. 139. ↑ 260 “This my tank” is an allusion ...

Denys, Descr. Dict. of Brit. Malaya, s.v. Gold. ↑ 271 Vide Leyden, Malay Annals, p. 94. “He (the Sultan), ...

a red monkey (a species of Semnopithecus), which seems to be very abundant in the interior districts of Bor ...

long, and shaped like an Indian club. It was of a dirty greenish colour, perfectly smooth and cylindrical, ...

Siak possesses one said to be valued at $900. “Natives maintain that they are an almost infallible me ...

288 The shortness of the crocodile’s tongue, which is a mere stump of a tongue, has probably given rise to ...

Her Highness Princess Rundok, as appears from the line below, in which she is again referred to, is evident ...

Jangan angkau lari! Pĕrjanjian kita sa-tanjong ka hulu, Sa-tanjong ka hilir. ↑ 300 Tabek Raja di Laut, Mambang ...

A kind of flat fish (sole?), also ikan lidah-lidah and lĕlidah, probably derived from lidah, a to ...

311 The tears of the dugong are believed to be an exceedingly potent love-charm.—Vide Swettenham, Unaddressed Letters ...

variety, which is said to have larger leaves than the “male variety,” being used). For further details, ...

Two sweet potatoes. One cooked banana. Three handfuls of white pulut rice. Three handfuls of parched rice. ...

Jĕrmal is another kind of fish-trap, different from the kelong. ↑ 324 Denys, Descr. Dict. of Brit. Mal., s. ...

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