ions. Its raucous cry, which may
be faintly characterized as hideous, is said to mark the hours and,
in the night-time, to presage death or other disaster.

_kalikut_: A short section of bamboo in which the _buyo_ is mixed;
a primitive betel-box.

_kamagon_: A tree of the ebony family, from which fine cabinet-wood
is obtained. Its fruit is the _mabolo_, or date-plum.

_kasama_: Tenants on the land of another, to whom they render payment
in produce or by certain specified services.

_kogon_: A tall, rank grass used for thatch.

_kris_: A Moro dagger or short sword with a serpentine blade.

_kundiman_: A native song.

_kupang_: A large tree of the Mimosa family.

_kuriput_: Miser, "skinflint."

_lanson_: The langsa, a delicious cream-colored fruit about the size
of a plum. In the Philippines, its special habitat is the country
around the Lake of Bay.

_liam-po_: A Chinese game of chance (?).

_lomboy_: The jambolana, a small, blue fruit with a large stone.

_Malacanang_: The palace of the Captain-General in Manila: from the
vernacular name of the place where it stands, "fishermen's resort."

_mankukulan_: An evil spirit causing sickness and other misfortunes,
and a person possessed of such a demon.

_morisqueta_: Rice boiled without salt until dry, the staple food of
the Filipinos.

_Moro_: Mohammedan Malay of southern Mindanao and Sulu.

_mutya_: Some object with talismanic properties, "rabbit's foot."

_naku_: A Tagalog exclamation of surprise, wonder, etc.

_nipa_: Swamp-palm, with the imbricated leaves of which the roots
and sides of the common Filipino houses are constructed.

_nito_: A climbing fern whose glossy, wiry leaves are used for making
fine hats, cigar-cases, etc.

_novena_: A devotion consisting of prayers recited on nine consecutive
days, asking for some special favor; also, a booklet of these prayers.

_oy_: An exclamation to attract attention, used toward inferiors
and in familiar intercourse: probably a contraction of the Spanish
imperative, _oye_, "listen!"

_pako_: An edible fern.

_palasan_: A thick, stout variety of rattan, used for walking-sticks.

_pandakaki_: A low tree or shrub with small, star-like flowers.

_panuelo_: A starched neckerchief folded stiffly over the shoulders,
fastened in front and falling in a point behind: the most distinctive
portion of the customary dress of the Filipino women.

_papaya_: The tropical papaw, fruit of the "melon-tree."

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