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PREFACE
A Lexicon in the full sense of the term can be made only when
there is a considerable body of written material, and this is lacking
in Sea Dayak. The present contribution to the lexicography of
the language was made possible in the first place by the co-
operation of a Sea Dayak speaker, Mr. Gerunsin Lembat, to
whom I express my warm thanks for his patient and careful
help. I am also greatly indebted to the Rev. B. Temenggong and
Mr. Michael Burna for much valuable information.
My special thanks are due, and here expressed, to the Rev. G.
Bruggeman of the Catholic Mission, Kanowit, Sarawak, who has
generously allowed me to abstract from his MS. dictionary, and
print in a supplement, those words used in the Third Division of
Sarawak that do not appear in the main body of the dictionary.
The research on which the work is based was made possible by
the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London,
which has also provided a full subvention for the publication
of the dictionary. For these and many other privileges I now
express my gratitude.
N. C. Scott.
School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London.
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