Additions to a vocabulary of Brunei-Malay
This short lexical note by G. T. MacBryan supplements a Brunei-Malay vocabulary previously published by Marshall in the April 1922 issue of the Journal (p. 376).
Summary
MacBryan contributes a list of words he considers peculiar to Brunei-Malay and absent from Marshall’s original compilation, along with a second list (B) of terms where he found a different meaning or pronunciation than Marshall had recorded (p. 376). The entries span a range of semantic fields including verbs (e.g., bergalap “to play,” berjarang “to cook,” tuhus “to recede”), nouns (e.g., paya “swamp,” tebassan “a farm,” undang “prawn”), and function words (e.g., dami “like,” kada = kapada “to”) (pp. 376–377). Several entries include cross-references to related forms in Sarawak Malay, Selangor Malay, Singapore Malay, and Dayak, reflecting MacBryan’s comparative approach to documenting Brunei-Malay as a distinct variety.