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

1 Kapas, i.e. Kapas hutan or Kapas hantu, Hibiscus abelmoschus, L. (Malvaceæ). ↑ 2 Lerik, probably Phryni ...

Kunta = terkena (?). ↑ 13 Juru-juru, sc. mulut, the corners of the mouth. Gagak: lit. a crow, but here sai ...

23 i.q. antara. ↑ 24 Gĕndala, elsewhere mĕnala (v. infr.): (a) I can find nothing nearer to it in the dictiona ...

32 Tawar means to neutralise (the power or effect of) anything. Hence it is applied even to the neutralis ...

44 Sa-pĕpak: was explained as meaning sa-keliling rimba raya, i.e. through the length and breadth of the forest. ↑ ...

56 Jintala. ↑ 57 Binasa. ↑ 58 S’ri menyalak. ↑ 59 Menyalak kadalam hutan. ↑ 60 Chelaka besar sudah datang. ↑ 61 ...

72 Singgah. ↑ 73 Raja. ↑ 74 Chelaka. ↑ 75 Or badak (rhinoceros), as the case may be. ↑ 76 Hum is probably a ...

light.” A similar phrase occurs in cclxvi, infra. ↑ 84 v.l. Membalun. ↑ 85 Uru-uru: the only sense given by ...

Semawi is said to be the name by which the wild pigs are addressed. ↑ 97 Sungko’: quære sungkor. ↑ 9 ...

112 This and the next four charms are extracted from a paper by the author which appeared in Sel. Jou ...

122 J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 31, p. 28. ↑ 123 Pekiriman: lit. a “sending,” a thing which is sent, and hence a ...

s.v.), but the phrase may possibly be corrupt. ↑ 132 Sambu Agak, Sambu Agai: in other charms “Jambu Rakai” ...

CHAPTER VI ...

MAGIC RITES AS AFFECTING THE LIFE OF MAN ...

BIRTH-SPIRITS [cxli] Langsuir Charm [Chap. vi. p. 326. Jintek-jintek di kuala! Jauh tajam mata-nya, Dekat tumpul ...

continues— Jembalang, Jembali, Daun lalang gulong-gulong, Datang angkau kamari, ’Ku tetak dengan parang gudong. (Here ...

[cxlv] Charm for laying (lit. neutralising) a Polong [p. 329. Hei Si Tinjak, Si Tertib, Ular dan lipan berkĕl ...

Ka-tiga-nya Daging Ka-ampat-nya Prehat!^6 Hantu orang asal ’kau jadi, Tanah puteh asal ’kau jadi, Tahi ...

with strips of the wild bread-fruit bark (tali trap) in seven places, each a thumb’s breadth from the ...

[cl] When putting the Marks (pangkahan) on the Mother and Child [p. 336. Tĕtak buluh tĕlang, Tĕtak serba bersis ...