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A grammar and dictionary of the Malay language ... - Wallace Online

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AJI—A^R [3] A^R—ALAAji (jAv). Price, value.Aji (jAV). A king.Councillors, ministers <strong>of</strong> state.Aji-aji.Ajll (a). Future, belonging to <strong>the</strong> nextworld ; hour <strong>of</strong> death.Ajisaka (j<strong>and</strong>s). Literally, "kingSaka;"no doubt <strong>the</strong> founder <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> era whichgoes by his name, <strong>and</strong> which reckonsin one part <strong>of</strong> India 78, <strong>and</strong> in o<strong>the</strong>rs79 years after <strong>the</strong> birth <strong>of</strong> Christ. Itwas established in Java, <strong>and</strong> still subsists<strong>the</strong>re, with <strong>the</strong> discrepancy producedby <strong>the</strong> substitution <strong>of</strong> lunarfor solar time. The Javanese legendmakes Saka a king, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> introducer<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hindu worship into <strong>the</strong>ir isl<strong>and</strong>.Ajong. Arranged, arrayed, put in order.Ajong (j). A ship, or large vessel ; v.Jong. This is <strong>the</strong> word which Europeanshave corrupted into junk <strong>and</strong>applied to <strong>the</strong> large vessels <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Cliinese.Ajuja (ben). To tattle; to sl<strong>and</strong>er.Ajuk. To mimic ; to ridicule.Aiar (j). The roots <strong>of</strong> a plant ; a sc<strong>and</strong>entplant ; <strong>the</strong> pai-ts <strong>of</strong> a plant thatclimb.Akar-akar. Roots ;parasitic plants.Akar-chirit-murai. Name <strong>of</strong> a plantyielding an elastic gum.Akar-Parsi. Asparagus.Akar-wangi. Name <strong>of</strong> a gi-ass with odorousroots, A ndropoijon •nniricatus.Akasa (s). E<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> firmament, <strong>the</strong> sky ;V. Angkasa.Akan. To; for; by; <strong>of</strong>; concei-ning,relating to ; with ; as to, with respectto; towards, touching, regarding; shall,will.Akan-tatapL But, however, howbeit.Akan-akan. To resemble, to be like ; tostate, to tell, to represent.Akas. Beautiful, fair, h<strong>and</strong>some.Aksara (s). A letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> alphabet.Aku (j). A personal pronoun <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>first pei-son ; to own, to acknowledge,to avow, to confess, to admit; toanswer for, to be accountable for ; towarrant, to attest. I have placed <strong>the</strong>pronoun <strong>and</strong> verb under <strong>the</strong> samehead, not doubting but that <strong>the</strong> latteris derived from <strong>the</strong> former. Our oldword ' aye," m old orthographyalways written " I," may have a similarAl'rarkdn, iA-rarkan (a). To promise ; tocontract ; to confess.Ala. Towards, in a du'ection to.Alakan. To direct, to aim towards ; toplace before or in front ; to face.Alah (j. kalah). To lose, not to win ; tobe overcoiJiC, to be worsted, to bevanquished, to be conquered, to besubdued.Alahan. Defeat.Alahkan. To produce defeat, to cause tobe defeated ; to beat, to overcome, tovanquish, to conquer, to subdue.Alaman (t). A lawn or open spacebefore a house.Alang (j. across, athwaii.). Cross beamsin a building.Alang. A s<strong>and</strong>-bank in <strong>the</strong> sea or in ariver, di-y at low water.Alang. Name <strong>of</strong> a group <strong>of</strong> islets at<strong>the</strong> western end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> straits <strong>of</strong> Malacca.Alang-alang (j). Name <strong>of</strong> a tall rankgi-ass, Imperata Kimigii ; v. Lalang.Alang-alang. Very, exceedinelj'.Alangkah. May not ? possibly !Alang-kapalaug. Greatly, exceedingly,eminently.Alang-uiuka (j <strong>and</strong> s). Name <strong>of</strong> a cabinor particular apartment in a nativevessel. The term means literally," across <strong>the</strong> face or front."S<strong>and</strong>-bank, s<strong>and</strong>y shoal.Alangan.Alap-alap (j). A hawk, a falcon, FalcoBengalensis.Alas. A st<strong>and</strong> or frame ; a pedestallining, inner covering ; foundation.Alas (j). A forest ; name <strong>of</strong> a place in.<strong>the</strong> isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sumbawa, which givesname to <strong>the</strong> strait between that isl<strong>and</strong><strong>and</strong> Lomboc, forming <strong>the</strong> most convenientroute from <strong>the</strong> seas <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Archipelago into <strong>the</strong> Pacific.Alas-kaki. A foot-stool.Alasan. Belonging to a forest; a forestcounti'y.Alat. Strange, foreign, alien. In Javaneselat means "interval or spacebetween."Alat (a). Materials ; stores ; apparatusappurtenances ; arms, military engines.Alat-karajaan. Insignia <strong>of</strong> royalty, regalia.origin.Alat-prang. Warlike stores, munitionsAkiian. Acknowledgment, admission, <strong>of</strong> war.avowal, confession; warranty, security; Alat-sanjata. Arms, weapons <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fence.Alau. To drive, to urge onwards ; tobail.Akiii. To acknowledge, to avow; to drive out, to expel ; to pursue, to huntsecure, to attest ; to bail.down.Atrar, i^Tar (a). Promise ; agreement, Alaukan. To di-ive or guide a carriage,contract : affirmation, attestation, confirmationhorse, or o<strong>the</strong>r vehicle.; to confess ; to promise. Alaulu (j). Name <strong>of</strong> a mountain in<strong>the</strong>

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