The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido Part 23

_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 G.o.d (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 t.i.tle 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 Banjama.s.sim.

_Datus_, strictly, native chiefs, heads of tribes.

_Dusun,_ agricultural villagers on the northern extremity of Borneo.

_Dyaks_; or Dyak, aborigines of Borneo, and generally p.r.o.nounced 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 cl.u.s.ter of islands between Borneo and Magindano.

_Jovata_, a Dyak name of G.o.d, 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 t.i.tle 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.

_Maka.s.sar_, the straits of, usually written Maca.s.sar, but more accurately Mangka.s.sar.

_Malays_, settled on the Malayan peninsula, coasts of Borneo, &c. &c., a race of seafaring character, often piratical, and conquerors of various native tribes in the Indian Archipelago.

_Malukus_, pirates from a bay in Gillolo, whose country is in the possession of the Dutch.

_Marundum_, an island off Borneo.

_Matari_, or _Mata-hari_(the eye of day), the Sun, a poetical t.i.tle of honor to a pirate-chief.

_Mias Rombi_ and _M. Pappan_, two species of ourang-outang, determined by Mr. Brooke.

_Millanows_, a tribe resembling the Kayans, living near the river Meri, river Bentulu, tolerably civilized, and fairer than the Malays.

_Minkokas_, a wild tribe near the Bay of Boni.

_Morotaba_ river, one of the mouths of the Sarawak.

_Montrado_, a very large and populous Chinese settlement near Point Data.

_Murut_, inhabitants of the interior of Borneo Proper.

_Natunas_, islands off Borneo.

_Ondong-ondong_, the written law of Borneo.

_Orang_, a man.

_Orang outang_, a wild man.

_Pangeran_, or _Pangiran_, the t.i.tle of a high Malay authority.

_Panglima_, the head warrior of a Dyak tribe.

_Patingi_, or _Patingus_, a high local officer.