The Selungs of the Mergui Archipelago Author:John Anderson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SELUNG VOCABULARY.1 One, cha, chet; Malay, satu ; Javanese, sa. Two, twa ; Malay, dua. Three, tahlow ; Nias Islanders and Dyaks, tullfi, tuloh ; Malay, ... more »tiga; Fijian, tolu ; Javanese (Ngoko), teln. Four, pat; Kian, Punan, and Meiauo Dyaks, pat; Malay, ampat ' Javanese (Ngoko), pat Five, lemah ; Malay, lima; Dyaks, lima, limoh, limuh; Fijian, lima. Six, nam ; Malay, unam ; Kian Dyak, nam ; Javanese (Ngoko), uem. Sffsen, loojoo ; Malay, tujoh ; Dyaks, tusu, tuju. Eight, wahlow ; Javanese, wolu ; Iranian and D1lsun, walo ; Sulus, walu ; Nias Islanders, watu ; Fijian, walu ; Malay, delupan. fine, chowai ; Malay, sambilan. Ten, taplaw ; Malay, sapnloh. Eleven, taplaw-cha, taplaw-chet; Malay, sa-bClas; Irdnun, sapulob- wisa. Twelve, taplaw-twa. Twenty, twaplaw ; Malay, dua-puloh ; Dyaks, duo-puloh. Twenty-one, twaplaw-chii. Thirty, tahlow-plaw ; Kian and Punan Dyaks, tulu-puloh. Forty, pat-plaw. One hundred, allataw ; Malay, sa-ratus. One thousand, appan. Ten thousand, a-meen. Anger, kaing. Anklet, k'lang. Ant, kedam. Ape, la-wat.t Arrow, p'lah ; Malay, anak-panah ; tranun, Dusftn and Bulild-Opie, panah. Bamboo, kaoan, k'doon.t Basket, bahcoee. Bat, lawlak. Buy, aon. Bead, k'loiee. Beard, booloee chaumaw. Beche-de-mer, gatyee. Bee, samaug. Belly, k'lan ; Iranun, Dtlsun, and Sulus, ttan. Bird, keckyoam, sisom. Blood, dallak, awaen-melat; Malay, durah. Bout, k'bang, kebang ; Talaing, k'bang ; Sulus, dapang. Bone, klan, k'lan ; f Malay, tnlang. Bottle, prang ; Malay, balang. 1 An attached to a word indicates that it is taken from the vocabulary supplied by O'Riley to Logan. The sign t is appended to words taken from the vocabulary supplied by Mr. Brayton to Major Spearman. The Malay words are given on the autho...« less