Crossword-Solution: ANYI 4 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 7

The more important of these are the god of war, TOH BULU; three gods of life, LAKI JU URIP, LAKI MAKATAN URIP, and LAKI KALISAI URIP, of whom the first is the most important; the god of thunder and storms, LAKI BALARI and his wife OBENG DOH; the god of fire, LAKI PESONG; gods of the harvest, ANYI LAWANG and LAKI IVONG; a god of the lakes and rivers, URAI UKA; BALANAN, the god of madness; TOH KIHO, the god of fear; LAKI KATIRA MUREI and LAKI JUP URIP, who conduct the souls of the dead to Hades.

The names of many of the minor deities are proper personal names in common use among the Kayans or allied tribes, such as JU, BALARI, ANYI, IVONG, URAI, UKA; and the title LAKI, by which several of them are addressed, is the title of respect given to old men who are grandfathers.

Livelier become the motions, stronger and stronger the chanting, its text distinct and clearly enunciated,-- "Misho-homa Shi-pap, Na-ya Ha-te Ma-a-a-se-ua, U[=a]-tir-anyi, Tya-au-era-nyi, Shoto Ha-ya Ma-a-a-se-ua, Nat-yu-o-o, Nat-yu-o-o, Ma-a-a-se-ua, Heiti-na, Heiti-na, Ho-[=a]-[=a], Ho-[=a]-[=a]." The dancers intermingle; those in the front shift to the rear rank; then all together utter a piercing shriek and dart back to their former positions.

Singing and drumming are heard once more; the dancers fall into line; and when the chorus was shouting the second verse,-- "Na-ya, Ha-te Oyo-y[=a]-u[=a], U[=a]-tir-anyi Tya-au-era-nyi,"-- and the jokers had dispersed, Say slowly retreated within the room, cowered down by the hearth, a sharp stone-splinter in her hand and her eyes fixed upon the door, watching lest anybody should appear.