38
The Bajang is a familiar spirit (vide pp. 320–325, infra). ↑
39
The Hantu katagoran, sempak-kan, and puput-kan I have not been able to identify, and as the
two last possess the verbal suffix it is clear that each is the name of a state or process and not of
a ghost or demon. In fact, v. d. Wall gives (under sampok), kĕsampokan, which he explains as
meaning “door een’ boozen geest getroffen zijn,” to be attacked or possessed by an evil spirit,
which is doubtless the correcter form of the word. So with puput-kan, which is also a verbal
form meaning (acc. to v. d. W.) “to blow (tr.),” to “sound a wind instrument.” It would seem
that ʿAbdullah’s list of “ghosts” is not very systematically drawn up. ↑
40
The ʿefrit is a spirit of Arabian origin. ↑
41
The Jĕmalang (Jĕmbalang) is a Malay earth-spirit. ↑
42
Tĕrkĕna is a past participial form used of people who are thought to be “struck by” or “affected
by” one of the foregoing demons. ↑
43
Ubat guna is a love-philtre. ↑
44
Gagah (usually pĕnggagah) is the art of making one’s self bold or courageous. ↑
45
Pĕnundok, the art of making one’s enemy yield (tundok). ↑
46
Pĕngasih, the art of making one’s self beloved by another. ↑
47
Kĕbal (pĕngĕbal) the art of making one’s self invulnerable. ↑
48
Kasaktian, the art of acquiring magic powers. ↑
49
Tuju (pĕnuju), the art called “sending.” ↑
50
ʿAlimun, the art of making one’s self invisible. ↑