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i bantara or bntara. [Skr. awantara.] A
herald; a marshal of the court; a bearer of
the state weapons.
B. kanan; b. kiri; b. dalanm; b. luwar: marshals of the court with certain specified duties.
Bentara empat puloh berdiri di-ketapakan balai
akan menjunjong titah raja dan menyampaikan
sembah sakaliyan orang ka-bawah duli baginda:
forty bentaras stood on the threshold of the
court ready to carry out the sovereign's behests
and to convey the petitions of all to His
Majesty; Sej. Mal., 87.
}tX b6ntangor. The name given to a number of
medium or large trees of the calophyllum class.
B. batu; or b. besar: calophyllum pulcherriB. bunga: c. inophyllum.
B. bunut: c. spectabile.
B. mrerah c. wallichianum.
B. rimba: c. macrocarpum.
aji' b6ntala. [Skr. bhutala.] The earth.,. b.ntawas. A kar b.: a climbing plant (un- identified).
*, bantat. The posterior, the anus; usually
pantat, q. v.
bantut. Prevention; frustration; rendering
abortive; the nipping of anything in the bud;
preventing a boil coming to a head or driving
in an eruption; stopping any disease before
it has run its regular course. Supaya bantut
pekeljaan puteri: this matter relating to the
princess has been brought to nothing; Sh.
U., 32.
Memnbantutkan: to frustrate; Arabian Nights,
13I.
bintat or bintit. A small swelling, pimple or
pustule, such as the result of a mosquito or
gnat bite. Cf. bintil.
C.-~ buntat. The petrification of animal or vegetable substances; stones found in the bodies
of animals and (sometimes but not always)
deemed to be possessed of talismanic properties. Buntat gemala: a bezoar stone of this
character when possessed of talismanic
properties. Buntat hendak jadi gamala: the
bezoar wants to become a talisman; legitimate
and praiseworthy ambition; Prov.

Tuwan enmpama buntat gemala,
Jatoh di-mana tiyada chela:
you, Sir, are like a lucky bezoar which escapes
injury wherever it falls; Prov.

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C buntut. The posterior-of men and animals,
Sej. Mal., 93; ( rarer) the stern of a ship.
B. keris: the small ferrule at the bottom of
a keris sheath.
Birjalan berbuntut-buntut: to walk in Indian
file; Pel. Abd., 43, 76.
j). b.ntar. Sa-bgntar: amoment; an instant; a
very short period of time. Dengan sa-bentar
in a moment; Ht. Abd., 13. Sa-bantar diMelaka sa-bentar di-Singapura: one moment at
Malacca, the next in Singapore.
j b6ntor. I. Bowing, bending, giving; also
lentor, q. v.
II. A small trap or net for catching crabs.
jis buntar. Dome shaped, or (more correctly)
the shape of a very oblate hemispheroid; also
bundar.
Buntar-binchut: prominent, projecting-of
the forehead.
Buntar bayang-bayang or buntar bembayang:
roughly elliptical or rounded with wavy edges;
Ht. Sri Rama (Maxw.), I2; Ht. Raj. Don., 8,
22.
Buntar is also used of a beard being clipped
into roundness, Mahk. Raj., I67; and of
roundness generally. Adapun sebab matahari
itu sentiyasa buntar kerana iya sentiyasa sujzd:
the cause of the sun's roundness is that he is
eternally bowing (before the Throne of God),
Bost. Sal.
us buntor. Sated, glutted with food.
Vow bntas. Tearing up and dashing down; cf.
banting.
Di-bentas-nya sa-buwah bukit kapada hulubalang dewa: he dashed down a hill upon the
soldiers of the God; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Bentasi: to tear up and dash down; Ht. Sh.
Kub.
bentes. Tripping up an opponent in wrestling.
Berbentes: to lock shins; to wrestle leg
against leg; Sh. Sg. Kanch., 36. Also benteh.
~ bantang. Bunting b.: very heavy with child;
in the last month of pregnancy; v. bunting.

Also bunting sarat.
y. banteng. A wild ox, bos sondaicus; Sh. Jub.
Mal., 15.

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