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ALA-ALU [4] ALW—AMBSunda portion of Java, meaning literally," bad head or source."to scan, to scrutinise ;fine, or refine."literally, " toto make sport.Alan-alan. To jest,A sliug.AlwahAlya.(p). Aloes.Ginger, Zingiber nffirinalc.Ali-ali.Alifur (for. alforria). Enfranchisement. Ania (s). Mother, dam; v. Ma andThis is, no dovibt, the word which, inthe form of Alifura, and on the suppositionAma.Ama-inang. Foster-mother; literally,that it is a native term, has been " breastmother."vaguely and unmeaningly api)lied toall the wilder races of the easternportion of the Archipelago. It seemsto be equivalent to the Indies braves,or wild and independent AmericanIndians of the Spaniards.Alih (j). To shift, to change, to alter; tomove ; to migrate.Alihkan. To shift, to change, to alter;to transfer, te remove ; to ti'ansplantto translate, to render from one languageinto another.Alimun. Invisible, not to be seen.Alintah (j). A leech, Hirudo; v. Lintah.Alintar. Thunder; v. Lintar.Alipan. A centipede, Scoloj^enchu ; v.Lipan.Alir. To flew, to stream.Aliran. A streamlet, a watercourse.Alls (j). The eyebrows.AU'asah (a). On the whole, in a word,to sum up all.Allah (a). God.Alon (jAv). Slow, slowly, gently.Alor. A fui-row, a groove ; a trench, achannel.Alor. Name of an island, being thefourth lying in a chain east fromFloris.Alora (j). Surge, surf, breaker; disorder,disturbance, commotion ; v. Galoraand Glera.Alor -alor. Name of a fish.Alor-aloran (alor, "a furrow"). A brook,a streamlet ; a canal, a watercourse.Alpa (s). Negligent, careless ; to neglect,to be careless ; negligence, carelessness.Alu (j). A stamper, a pestle.AlUa. A kind of sweet cake.Name of a fish.Alu-alu.Aliian (ulu). Front, forepart; stem,prow, bow, forepart of a vessel ; sail,vessel. This, with the change of theinitial vowel, is evidently derived fromAmatiri. Step-mother; v. Tiri.Amam, imam (a). A Mahomedun highpriest.Aman (a). Security, safety, protection ;peace ; safe, secure.Aman at (a). Fidelity; trust, deposit;security, safety.Amang. To threaten, to menace.Auiarah. Angry, wroth ; enraged ; anger,wrath ; rage ; v. Marah.Amarah. Alas, pity !Amas (j). Gold ; v. Mas.Amas-masan. Golden.Amas-urai. Gold dust ; literally, " loosegold."Amat. Much, very, exceedingly.Amat. To forbid, to prohibit, to hinder.Amati. To regard attentively, to look atearnestly.Amat-amati. To give continued attentiveconsideration ; te gaze, to look earnestly.Amar (a). Thing, affair, business; a proceeding;an action; order, charge,mandate, injunction.Amat (jav). A quantity of rice in the sheaf,consisting of 25 ged'eug, or doublesheaves, and fixed by the Dutch at apicul, or 125 Amsterdam pounds, or136 avoirdupois. Rice is stored inthe sheaf, having about six inches ofstraw.Ambachang (j). The fetid mango, Mangiferafatida; v. Bachang and Machang.Ambalu (j. tambalu). Lac, the nidus,and dyeing material which it yields, ofthe lac insect.Ambang. The frame of a door.Ambang-diatils. The' lintel of a door.Ambang-dibawah. The threshold bar ofa door-frame.Ambar. Insipid, tasteless, flat, vapid.Ambara (a). To hover in the air; torove, to wander.Amban (jav). A girdle, a girth ; bound,ulu, " head, upper part."tied.Alun (j). A wave, a surge, a billow. Ambankan. To gird, to girdle ; te girthAlun-alun (j). Name of an open and to bind, to tie.walled-in square in front of a Javanese Ambil (j). To take, to receive ; to acceptpalace for parades, processions, and to seize, to lay hold of; to take possessionmilitary exorcises. Near the centreof.are invariably two Indian fig-trees Ambilan. The object taken or seized.r. Wringin, Bringin.Ambil-anak. A mode of marriage inAlus (j). Fine, not coarse ; subtle, delicate.Sumatra, where a daughter is given inwife to a man of inferior rank, in orderAlusi (alus). To try, to test, to examine to keep her under the paternal roof.