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Padi, rice in the husk.
Pagar api, literally “a fence of fire.” A spear fixed blade upwards, with leaves tied to it, round which the manangs walk when taking part in their ceremonies.
Pana, an offering of food given to the dead by the friends of those who are in mourning.
Pandong, a kind of altar erected in different parts of the veranda of the Dyak house during the Bird Feast.
Papau, an omen bird.
Para piring, the altar of sacrifice.
Pelampong, a wooden float, generally cut in the form of a duck, to which baited hooks are fastened.
Pelandai, a love-song.
Pelian, a manang ceremony to restore the health of a sick person.
Pendam, a burial-ground.
Pendok, a tree with fibrous bark.
Pengap, an incantation.
Pengaroh, a charm.
Petara, gods.
Peti, a spring trap set to kill wild pig.
Pinang, the betel-nut; the areca-nut.
Piring, an offering of food.
Plandok, the mouse-deer.
Puni, a peculiar Dyak superstition that, if food is offered to a man and he goes away without at least touching it, some misfortune is sure to befall him. It is said that he is sure to be attacked by a crocodile, or bitten by a snake, or suffer from the attack of some other animal.