Definitions of some ritual terms used in Adat Bidayuh, 1994

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"abouh" (Bau) means a married person who dies without an issue (Serian, uboh; Kuching, aboh; Lundu, uggu);

"abuoh bowa" (Bau) means a person who is never married and dies without an issue (Serian, suboh; Kuching, aboh bowa; Lundu, uggu or keloton);

"adag" (Bau) means the boundary between neighbouring padi farms (Lundu, antaraatn; Serian and Kuching, baat);

"adat" includes a way of life, basic values, culture, accepted code of conduct, manners, conventions and customary laws;

"anak alang" (Serian) means a child born out of wedlock (Bau, onak opang; Kuching, anak apang; Lundu, anak ampakng);

"anak angkat" (Serian and Lundu) means an adopted child (Bau, onak ngakat; Kuching, anak akat);

"antog anjan" (Serian) means a prosis provided by the party who requests for a normalisation of their marriage after a separation or divorce (Bau, otag tunguoh; Kuching, adat tubu);

"aron" (Bau) means the inner part of a house (Serian, u'ah ramin; Kuching, arun; Lundu, biik or uhang);

"awah" means the verandah of a house or a longhouse (Lundu, samik);

"ayaman" (Lundu) means a fowl or a pig which is reared soon after a child is born and to be used in a ritual such as the circumcision ceremony of a male child or the piercing of the ear-lobes of a female child;