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Rh come in contact with the great multitude of the guests.

Antubuni {beantubuni or bantubuni}, the afterbirth.

Antu pala {beantu pala or bantupala), the Smoke-dried head of an enemy taken in war.

Anu, adj. some (person, place, or time not specified), undefined, uncertain. Orang anu bisi kitu kamari. Some people came here yesterday. Di menoa anti iya diait. He lives in some country. Hari anu la aku kitu. Some •day I shall come here. Orang anu (or sanu). So-and-so. Rumah sanu panjai bendar. Sucha-one’s house is very long. Menoa anu. Some country.

Anu, interjection, Oh! Here ! Well ! Anu Aku ka nanya nuan aku ka enggau nuan. Oh ! I want to ask you if I may go with you.

Anu (v. f. nganu; beanu or banu), s. anger, v. to be angry, rebuke, bother, annoy, tease. Anu iya balat bendar dalam iya nunggu kami. His anger was great when he fined us. Anu iya. Rebuke him. Suah aku nganu sida utang sida enda mina ka jako aku. Often was I angry with them but they did not pay attention to my talk.

Anyam (v. f. nganyam; beranyam), to weave, knit (of baskets or mats). Indu nyau beranyam. The women have commenced weaving baskets (i. e. the feast for the dead is near). Iya nganyam ka aku tikai sa lambar. She is making a mat for me.

Anyut (v. f. nganyut; beranyut), adrift, v. to drift. Prauh kami anyut. Our boat is adrift. Iya nganyut ka prauh aku. He set my boat adrift. [Note: a curious idiom. Anyut tikai lahan darah. The mat was flood­ed with blood].

Apa, what. Nadai apa apa. There is nothing the matter with it.

Apai (beapai or bapai), a father. Apai orang The father of a family. Apai indai. Parents.

Apai Andau, a star. The Balau and Saribas use binlang, the Batang Ai and Un­dup Dyaks apai andau, poetically translated "the father of the day.” Empandau or Pandau is used in the Rejang.

Apan (v. f. ngapan), s. an open space frequented by deer and pigs, v. to frequent such a place.

Apang (beapang or bapang), a Kayan sword with a bent blade inlaid with brass.

Apas, or rapas, (v. f. ngapas), out of sight, run short of, v. to be faintly heard as a dis­tant sound. Apas mata meda. Out of sight. Nyau apas padi kami tu. We have run short of paddy.

Api {beapi or bapi), fire.

Apin, not yet.

Aping {heaping or baping'), a species of wild palm. Ukit and other tribes obtain a sort of flour from the pith.

Apis, a bag for sireh, etc. made of plaited rattan.

Apit (v. f. ngapit; beapit or bapit), v. to press, squeeze, adv. next to, nigh ; name of a stream. Apit tebu nya. Squeeze the juice from that sugar-cane. Aku tu anak apit iya. I am the son next to the eldest. Aku ngapit sanu. I was born next to so-and-so.

Apo! An ejaculation expressing surprise. Apo ! Ambispadi aku diempa jani. Oh dear ! My paddy is eaten up by pigs.

Apoh (v. f. ngapoh; beapoh or bapoh), to go for anything adrift, render assistance, re­lieve. Iya ti ngapoh ka prauh kami ti anyut. He it was that went for our boat that was adrift.

Apok or apuk, fog, mist.

Apong (v. i. ngapong; beapong or bapong), s. the nipa palm {nipa fructicans) that grows on river banks where the water is salt, v. to go for anything adrift. Apong prauh nya. Go for that boat that is adrift. Sida ngapong tangga pengkalan. They went after the land­ing-place ladder that was adrift.

Apu, see api.

Apu, plenty, much, many. Tekalalu apu mauh sigi durong-durong. There are a great many burning, one is roaring in flames.

Apus (v. f. ngapus; beapus or bapus), to finish, end, extinguish. Apus ka jako nuan. Finish your speech. Iya udah ngapus ka nyawa. He has ended his life. Apus hair. The whole day. Apus ai. The whole river. Apus pikul. A full pikul.

Ara, or kara, (beara or bara), a soft wood tree {Ficus Indic).

Ara (v. f. ngara; beara or bara), to ar­range different-coloured stripes, arrange a per­son’s destiny. Tu kalambi ara. This is a jacket with different-coloured stripes. Endu ngara kalambi. My daughter is arranging the different-coloured stripes of the jacket. Petara tan ngara nyawa kitai. The Deity can arrange our fate.

Ara (v. f. ngara), to spread out (of paddy, coffee, etc.) to dry. Padi ti dijembui nuan lagi aku ngara iya. The paddy that you dry I will spread out by-and-by.

Arak {bearak or barak), an intoxicating spirit made from rice.

Aram! Come! Come along ! (Used some times in the shortened form am).

Aran {bearan or baran), a rotan cable at­ tached to a crocodile hook.

Arang {bearang or barang), charcoal. Batu arang. Coal.

Arap, or pengarap, (v. f. ngarap), s. faith, confidence, trust, v. to have confidence in a person. Aku arap ka anak aku. I have con­fidence in my son. Anang ngarap ka diri kring. Do not have confidence in yourself be­ cause you are strong.

Arap {bearap or barap), a slight itching on the skin.

Arau (v. f. ngarau; bearau or baran), to do anything quickly. Enti ngayau ngarau kundi. If he makes a foray he quickly gets ahead.

Areh (beareh or bareh), a plaited rotan rope to which the nooses for snaring deer are tied.

Areng, or ban areng, the smell of animals. Bait areng amat utai tu. This thing has the smell of an animal.