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BULAT

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BULAN

BU L AT.- [.3 B L A. N.v

-J. bulat. Roundness; circular shape; a smooth
rounded surface without angularities or excrescences; bare, naked, of smooth surfaces
which are often or usually covered with hair,
feathers, or clothes.
B. bujor; or b. panjang: elliptical.
B. hati: openness of heart; with nothing to
conceal the feelings; Sh. Panj. Sg.
B. pipeh: flat and round.
B. torak: cylindrical.
'Ilmu bulat dunya: physiography; Ht. Abd.,
264.
Kayu b.: round logs, stripped of leaves and
branches.
Masak b.: cooking whole-i. e., without
plucking off feathers or skinning.
Pusat b.: the centre of a circle.
Seluwar b.: pyjama trowsers.
Sa-bulat-bulat: altogether. Sa-bulat-bulat
hati: with all my heart.
Telanjang b.: stark naked..) bular. Whitish discoloration
the eye; blue grey, of the eye.

of the iris of

Buta b.: blindness, there being a white film
over the eye.
bulir. I. A nak b.: an illegitimate child.
II. Ear (of padi, etc.), cluster. Mebbulir
kain: to twirl or twist a piece of cloth so as
to roll it to a point.
),. bulor. Excessive hunger; overpowering
hunger; -also kebulor, kebuloran, and gelojoh
kebuloran.
Mati bulor: to die of hunger.
Di-dalam bilek pe1rmaisuri,
Yu di-pulau Indetragiri;
Membawa fa'al saperti penchuri
Mati bulor diya sendiri:
they adopted the ways of robbers only to die
of hunger themselves; Sh. Raj. Haji..jy bolos or bulus. I. Slipped off, fallen off,
-as a roll of string from the stick round
which it is wound; stripped of hair or
feathers; stripped of leaves of a tree; left without children or heirs, of a man; thoroughly,
through and through. Kena tikam b.: to be
run through the body. Sampai b.: right
through.
II. A tortoise (unidentified).
III. Ikan bulus-bulus: a species of mullet,
sillago maculata.
8i bolong. Black; blue black; dark blue; painting in black paint; tarring; blackening; Sh.
Panj. Sg.

bulang. I. The process of enwinding or
enwrapping; binding the spurs on a fighting
cock by enwinding the artificial on the
natural spur with string; binding the hand
to the sword handle; wrapping the head in
a kerchief; the kerchief so worn.
B. ulu: the head-cloth of a raja, often used
as a term of endearment; Sh. Bid., 5; Ht.
Koris, etc.
Bgrbulang: enwrapping, binding up. Tempat
bgrbulang: the place where the spurs are
bound on the fighting cock; Sh. Pr. Turki, 9.
MAmbulang: to enwrap. Memlbulang taji:
to fasten the spurs on a fighting cock; Sh.
Lail. Mejn., 25; Ht. Nakh. Muda, 33.
II. A generic name for a number of thorny
shrubs; Ht. Gul. Bak., 30.
B. gajah: gmelina villosa, and canthiumn
horridum. Also b. kechil.
B. hitam: canthium horridumz. Also b. tikus.
B. pelandok: canthium oliganthum. Also bulangan; Ht. Sh. Kub.; Ht. Abd., 203, 255.
III. Bulang-baling: rolling over and over;
a name given to a couple of projectiles
when fastened together, to chain shot, and to
a stone hurled by means of a string fastened
to it.
bolak. Backwards and forwards; inconsistency; prevarication, falsehood. Bolak-kah
kata patek: am I lying? Ht. Hg. Tuw., 5I, 58.
Bolak-lah chakap kapada tuwanku Shah Kubad:
you have been false in your promises to my
master Shah Kubad; Ht. Sh. Kub.
Bolak-balek: there and back; see balek.
bulan. The moon; a month; the menses;
the period of gestation. Saperti bulan dengan
mataharii: like the moon and the sun, a combination of similarities; a common metaphor
for a king and queen, or a lover and his mistress. Bulan di-pagar bintang: the moon encircled with stars; a queen surrounded by her
maidens; an appropriate combination generally; Prov. Saperti kejatohan bulan: as if
the moon had fallen (into one's lap), a metaphor describing great and most unexpected
good fortune; Ht. Bakht., 52. Bulan turun
ka-ribaan: id.; Ht. Md. Hanaf., 33. Sa-telah
genap-lah bulan-nya: when her time (for
delivery) was come; Sej. Mal., ii. Perutnya pun sudah sampai bulan: id.; Ht. Best.
Saprti bulan kesiyangan: like the moon
dulled by daylight; a poetical simile for
pallor; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Ht. Gul. Bak., Io6.
Saperti bulan di-makan rahu: like the moon
in eclipse; like a beauty hidden in her lover's
embrace; Ht. Ism. Yat.

B. baju: a piece of cloth cut to form part
of the neck piece of a baju.
B. bunting pelandok: the moon when it
resembles the curve of pregnancy in a mousedeer; the moon on the 8th day of the lunar
month.

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