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There seem to be no secret names, except in so far as names discarded on account of misfortune are not willingly recalled or communicated; but a child's name is seldom used, and adults also seem to avoid calling on one another by their proper names, especially when in the jungle, the title alone, such as OYONG, or ABAN being commonly used; apparently owing to some vaguely conceived risk of directing to the individual named the attentions of malevolent powers.
Maga = ? Oyong Turing's Door. Seling = ? Sidi Ontong = ? OYONG LUJOK = Oyong Turing. x Maga. Lalo. LUNGA. USUN. SINGIM. x x x x Balu Kran's Door. LAUONG. Siggau. Balu Uding's Door. Sawa Taja = ? BALU KRAN. BALU UDING = Mawa Imang. Oyu Suo. Luat. o Aban Moun's Door. Kamang. Aban Magi's Door. Lara Wan's Door. Jalong. Katan. JULUT. Jawing. Kuleh. Balu Mening. o Tama An Lahing's Door. Tago.
If the eldest child OBONG dies, the father, Tama Obong Jau, becomes OYONG JAU; if one of his younger children dies, he becomes AKAM JAU; if his wife dies, he becomes ABAN JAU; if his brother died, he would be called YAT JAU; and if his sister, HAWAN JAU; and if two of these relatives are dead, these titles are used indifferently; but the deaths of wife and children are predominant over other occasions for the change of name.
The Kayans could not withstand so large a force and retreated farther up river after but little show of resistance. Several of their long houses were destroyed, and a message demanding their submission to the Rajah's government was sent by a captive to Oyong Hang, the most influential of the Kayan chiefs.
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