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02. b6mban. A tree; clinogyne grandis; Sh. Bur.
Nuri, i8; Ht. Ind. Nata, 134; J. I. A., II.,
182. Also b. gajah.
B. ayer: (Selangor) a tree; clinogyne dichotoma.
B. kElichap: (Selangor) a name given to a
few shrubby plants including clinogyne grandis,
and clinogyne dichotoma.
Buku b.: the knots of the bemban tree, a
descriptive name given to the knots which
serve as buttons on a Chinese garment.
Buwah b.: the berries of the bemban. Saperti
buwah bemban masak: like the ripe berries of
the bemlban; a simile for tears; Ht. Pg. Ptg.;
Ht. Sh.; Ht. Sg. Samb.
II. A freshwater fish; = bemban, III.
III. A conical shaped fish-trap; C. and S.
Oy. bambun. A small animal (unidentified) said
to be something like a weasel or ferret; a
name sometimes given to the (imported)
mongoose.
0Cx bumbun. A hut of twigs in which a hunter
or trapper hides himself while decoying game
by whistling.
i bambu. The bamboo; the Malacca cane;
better buloh semambu (si-bambu); Ht. Abd.,
268, 316, 317, 382; Sh. Lamp., I7. Senapang
bambu: a bamboo gun barrel; a threat which
frightens no one; Prov.
g um bumbu. Jav. Mixed drugs or spices; Pel.
Abd., 44; = renpah.
jA bombe. Bombay;- a place associated in the
native mind with penal transportation. Membuwang ka-negeri Bombe: to transport; to
criminally banish; Ht. Abd., 369. Membuwangkan ka-negiri Bombe: id., Ht. Abd.,
46I. Pergi Bombe sa-belah sana neghri: he
went to Bombay or to some place in that
direction; he was banished (to the Seychelles.)
Bawang Bomibe: large imported onions.
\jA4 bomantara. (Kawi.) The firmament; the
vault of heaven.
Cr. ben. I. Eng. Band; a band of musicians.
II. To' ben: (Kedah) an old humbug or
joker; an old man who is always playing the
clown.. bin. Arab. Abbreviation of ibn, son. Mat
Salleh bin Mat Tahar: Mat Salleh, the son of
Mat Tahar. 'A bdullah bin ' A bdulkddir:
Abdullah, the son of Abdulkader.
a bun. I. Dutch. A large metal pail, with a
cover, for sirelh leaves.

II. Arab. The coffee bean.
III. - Pantun sa-tali bun: a string of pantuns.
Tali bun: a sort of ode of which all the lines
rhyme together.

L\ bna. A tidal bore; a tidal wave.

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bina'. Arab. Building, edifice; Majm. alAhk., 74.

a'.- banat. I. Hind. Woollen cloth; broad
cloth. 'A inu'l bandt: a hybrid expression; the
name of a very valuable cloth in romances;
Ht. Jay. Lengg., Ht. Gul. Bak., 69, etc.;often corrupted in colloquial form to indal
bandt.

II. [Arab. Plur. of bint. ]

Daughters.

binatang. An animal; living beings generally, exclusive of men; a term of abuse, when
applied to men. Binatang yang liyar, or b.
yang buwas: wild beasts; Bost. Sal. Binatangbinatang liyar saperti burong ayam hutan dan
rusa: wild animals like jungle fowl and deer;
Ht. Abd., 88. Binatang yang jinak: domestic
animals; Bost. Sal.
Cf. banat and belantara.
\. b6nara. I. A laundry man; a washerman;
a dhoby. Tempat benara membasoh kain: a
place where washermen clean clothes; a
dhoby ghaut; Ht. Kal. Dam., 275.
Meinbenara: to wash (clothes); Majm. alAhk., I4I, I42.
II. [Arab. zandra. ] A minaret.
\., binasa. [Skr. winasa.] Ruin; destruction;
bringing to naught; -whether of physical
deterioration, moral fall, or financial ruin.
Ikut hati mati, ikut rasa binasa: to give way to
one's desires is death, to give way to one's
passions is destruction; Prov. Kota Melaka
habis-lah binasa: the Fort of Malacca was
utterly destroyed; Ht. Abd., 67.
Binasakan: to destroy; Sh. Raj. Haji; Ht.
Sg. Samb.; Ht. Abd., 65, 216. Membinasakan: id.
Kebinasaan: ruin, destruction.
-* b6nalu. A common half-climbing shrub with
red berries, occurring usually on the seacoast; henslowia lobbiana.
B. api: loranthus crassus; a mistletoe believed
to consume the plant on which it grows.
Also dalu, nmendalu, nalu (Ht. Koris), kemgndalu, and bendalu.
A.^ bint. Arab. Daughter. Bintu 'l-bahr: a
mermaid. Binti: daughter of. Halimah
binti Mat: Halimah, daughter of Mat.
W\ benta. Ulceration on the upper lip; a small
pimple or boil on the upper lip.