[36] The Sawan (i.e. Hantu Sawan) is the demon or devil which is believed to cause convulsions. [↑]
[37] The Hantu (orang) mati di-bunoh is the ghost of a murdered man. [↑]
[38] The Bajang is a familiar spirit (vide pp. 320–325, infra). [↑]
[39] The Hantu katagoran, sempak-kan, and puput-kan I have not been able to identify, and as the two last possess the verbal suffix it is clear that each is the name of a state or process and not of a ghost or demon. In fact, v. d. Wall gives (under sampok), kĕsampokan, which he explains as meaning “door een’ boozen geest getroffen zijn,” to be attacked or possessed by an evil spirit, which is doubtless the correcter form of the word. So with puput-kan, which is also a verbal form meaning (acc. to v. d. W.) “to blow (tr.),” to “sound a wind instrument.” It would seem that ʿAbdullah’s list of “ghosts” is not very systematically drawn up. [↑]
[40] The ʿefrit is a spirit of Arabian origin. [↑]
[41] The Jĕmalang (Jĕmbalang) is a Malay earth-spirit. [↑]
[42] Tĕrkĕna is a past participial form used of people who are thought to be “struck by” or “affected by” one of the foregoing demons. [↑]
[43] Ubat guna is a love-philtre. [↑]
[44] Gagah (usually pĕnggagah) is the art of making one’s self bold or courageous. [↑]
[45] Pĕnundok, the art of making one’s enemy yield (tundok). [↑]