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_i_. _ow_ (_ou_) like _ow_ in _cow_. The final _k_ in Malayan is frequently mute: thus Dyak is pronounced Dyaa, with the slightest possible aspiration. _gn_ is a liquid sound. We add an alphabetical list of some of the words which have occurred in the preceding pages. _Arafuras_, or _Haraforas_, natives of Papua. _Balanian_, wild tribes in Borneo. _Bandar_, or _Bandhara_, treasurer, high steward, high officer of state. _Basaya_, tribes in the interior of Borneo Proper, locating near and resembling the Murut. _Battara,_ one of the Dyak names of God (the Hindu _Avatara_). _Borneo_, the island of, written "Bruni" by the inhabitants. _Borneo Proper,_ the northern and northwestern part of the island; an independent Malay state. _Borneons_, the Malay inhabitants of Borneo Proper. _Bruni_, the native name for Borneo. _Bugis_, natives of Celebes. _Bulan_, the Moon, a poetical title of honor to a pirate-chief. _Campong_, a native village, or town. _Datu_, a cape or point of land to the northwest of the river Banjamassim. _Datus_, strictly, native chiefs, heads of tribes. _Dusun,_ agricultural villagers on the northern extremity of Borneo. _Dyaks_; or Dyak, aborigines of Borneo, and generally pronounced Dyah. _Dyak Darrat,_ Land Dyaks. _Dyak Laut,_ Sea Dyaks. _Gantong_, a Malay measure for rice. _Gunong_, a mountain. _Hadji_, a Mahomedan who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca. _Haraforas_, or _Arafuras_, natives of Papua. _Idaans_ [Kadiens], Borneon tribes, and the name generally given to most of the varieties of the Indian Archipelago. _Illanuns_ or _Lanuns_, pirates inhabiting the small cluster of islands between Borneo and Magindano. _Jovata_, a Dyak name of God, of Hindu origin. _Kadiens_, Borneon tribes, Mahomedans, the Idaan of preceding voyagers and writers. See _Idaans_. _Kalamantan_, an original name of Borneo. _Kanowit_, wild tribes in Borneo. _Kaya_, a title of authority, Orang Kaya de Gadong, chief man of Gadong. _Kayans_, the most powerful and warlike people of Borneo, living inland. _Kuching_, the former name of the town of Sarawak. _Lubuan_, the island off Borneo river, ceded by the sultan to the British crown. _Lelas_, guns. _Magindano_, an island off the northeast of Borneo, the natives of which are pirates. _Makassar_, the straits of, usually written Macassar, but more accurately Mangkassar. _Malays_,
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