Cards
“Cards are called Kĕrtas sakopong. The Malays are fond of card games, but few
Europeans have taken the trouble to understand or describe them. The late Sir
W. E. Maxwell contributed the following description of daun tiga ’lei to the
Notes and Queries of the Journal of the Straits Asiatic Society. It refers to the
game in question as played in Perak:—
“Hearts, Lĕkoh. King, Raja.
Diamonds,Retin. Queen,Bandahara
Clubs, Kalalawar.Knave,Pekah.
Spades, Sakopong. Ace, Sat.To shuffle, Kiyat, mengiyat.
To deal, Membawa.
To cut, Kĕrat.
To sweep the board, make everyone pay,Mengĕlong.“Three cards are dealt out to each player. The highest hand counting by pips is
that which contains the greatest number of pips after the tens are deducted. Thus
a knave, ten, and nine is a good hand.
“The best hand is three aces, Sat tiga.
“The next best is three court-cards, Kuda; naik kuda.
“The next is nine.