They are not tattooed, and the sumpitan is unknown amongst them.
Meeting the monarch of his forests face to face, he fears it not, provided he is armed with a bow and poisoned arrows, or sumpitan and envenomed dart, which will soon compel the fierce creature to succumb to its deadly influence.
Try," Peter Gross insisted firmly, forcing thesumpitan into his hand.
He took thesumpitan which they had taken with them at Peter Gross's request, placed an arrow in the orifice, distended his cheeks, and blew.
The sumpitan is a piece of hard wood, from six to eight feet in length and in circumference slightly larger than the handle of a broom.
Though I have heard those who have never seen the sumpitan in use sneer at it as a toy, it is, at short distances, one of the most accurate weapons in existence and, when its darts are poisoned, one of the deadliest.
The dart is expelled from the sumpitan by a quick, sharp exhalation of the breath.
Saloo had been one of the best sumpitan shooters in all Sumatra, and could send an arrow with true aim a distance of a hundred and fifty yards.
With his sumpitan and the captain's gun in his left hand, he was ready to take to the water.
One man jumped into the bushes and got away, but the fourth tripped over his unwieldy sumpitan and a bullet tore a large section from his skull.
Several hours of darkness must elapse before the moon rose, and during that period, were their foes so minded, they would be absolutely at the mercy of the sumpitan shafts if not covered by their impenetrable buckler.
They then went out and killed many animals with the sumpitan and returned to the kampong.
In changing abode women carry everything, the men conveying only the sumpitan and the darts, probably also a child that is big enough to walk, but the small child the woman always carries.
Aided by the sumpitan the Dayaks and Punans are expert in bringing down the rather shy birds of the tall trees.
It was a wonderful exhibition of the efficiency of the sumpitan and of the accuracy of aim of the man who used the long heavy tube.
When an attack on men is decided upon the sumpitan is hidden and left behind after the spear-head has been detached from it and tied to a long stick.
Early in the afternoon we were much surprised by the appearance of a prahu with three Dayaks who had a dog and a sumpitan and brought a pig which they had killed in the morning.
Penganun was pursuing them, and he caught the smaller one around the ankle, but the father killed the monster with his sumpitan and its spear point.
They are expert regarding the manufacture of the sumpitan (blow-pipe), and are renowned for their skill in using this weapon and can make the poisonous darts as well as the bamboo caskets in which these are carried.
The sumpitan (blow-pipe) is found in his room, but the Kenyah usually prefers to carry a spear when he goes hunting.
During a heavy shower a Penyahbong went into the jungle with his sumpitan and returned with a young rusa, quarters of which he presented to Mr. Loing and myself.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sumpitan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
