1
Di-sembor kapada yang kena. ↑
2
i.e. rumah Pontianak. ↑
3
Orang yang kena Pontianak jadi hitam saperti jantong di-bembam. ↑
4
Qu. selimbar, a plant? ↑
5
Tanah kang: explained as an allusion to that part of the lower jaw which is beneath the tongue
(mulut di-bawah lidah), the intention evidently being to allude to the “pelesit’s” coming out of
its owner’s mouth. In the next line but one, tanah dengkang is similarly explained as alluding
to the roof of the owner’s month, so that asking the “pelesit” to return to it is tantamount to
requesting it to fly back down its owner’s throat. And thus, three lines later, it is requested to
return to its “embodiment” (jinjangan). ↑
6
i.q. aruah Jin. ↑
7
i.e. sa-habis-habis burok. ↑
8
Apparently a demi-god, descended (according to one account) from Batara Guru. ↑
9
In the case of a Raja’s child as much as ten (silver) dollars should be used, but for poor people
even one cent will do. ↑
10
Cp. Report of Dutch Expedition to Mid-Sumatra, vol. i. p. 266. ↑
11
Or a small wallet (bujam), such as is often used by Malays to hold their supply of tobacco and
betel. ↑