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BETI

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BIDAS

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~.b beti. I. [Hind. Feminine of beta, q. v.]
Female slaves; maids in attendance on a
princess; female servants in a court. Betibeti pgrwara; a retinue of attendant damsels.
Sometimes corrupted to binti.
II. [Skr. vitti.] Tanda beti:=corpus delicti... bejar.

[Pers. be-zar.] Out of humour.

J W.. bijak. [Skr. An abbreviation of O\i. bijaksana, q. v.] Wisdom; prudence; sage, cautious, learned.
Sunggoh-pun bijak orang sekarang,
'Ilmu-nya banyak paham-nya korang:
although the present generation is learned,
it knows very much and understands very
little; Marsd. Gr., 211.
Bijak laksana: a corruption of bijaksana,
q.v.; Ht. Raj. Bdk., 32... bijil. (Jav. wijil.) Bijilpasiban: galleries in
a Javanese palace or hall of audience; Ht.
Mas. Ed.
cs bijan. Jav. The name of a plant; sesamum
indicum; = (Malay) linga. Menabor bijan katasek: to sow sesamum-seed on a lake; to
waste sweetness on the desert-air; Prov.
' bijeh. Tin dust; tin obtained by washing;
alluvial tin.
B. bayamn: fine light-coloured tin dust.
B. kachang: coarse gravel-like particles of tin.
B. selaseh: deep black fine tin dust.
Batu b.: galena.
Siput bijeh laut: a small marine shell (unidentified).
z biji. A seed; a grain; a pip; a particle; a
descriptive prefix or numeral coefficient used
with the names of small objects,-sometimes
interchangeable with buwah, or butir. Sa-biji
duriyan: = sa-buwah duriyan; a durian; Ht.
Abd., 413. Duwa biji el uru; Ht. Abd., 69;
or duwa butir peluru: two pellets or slugs.
Sabiji anak panah; an arrow; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Duwa biji jari: two fingers; Ht. Hamz., 54.
Duwa biji nesan: two tombstones; Sh. May., 6.
B. kelgnjar: (Riau, Johor) the lymphatic
glands; also (Kedah) b. kelenjer.
B. limau, or limau berbiji: an expression
used to describe bad rice, many grains of
which remain hard in a dish of boiled rice.
B. mata: eye-ball (Ht. Abd., 30, 77);-used
sometimes as a term of endearment; the apple
of one's eye; Ht. Gul. Bak., 43.
B. nangka: (I) pips of the jack-fruit; (2) a
small gimlet. Ikan biji nangka: the name of
a fish. Tikus biji nangka: a kind of fieldmouse.
B. rata: tears, lamentations; Ht. Sh. Also
b. sabok and b. sabak.

B. timun: pips of gourds and melons; a
symbol descriptive of the lozenge pattern.
Retak b. timun: the peculiar lozenge-shaped
pattern sometimes formed by the lines on the
inner side of the joints of the finger.
Biji is sometimes used with the meaning
testes.. bechang. Bechang-bechok: the sound of angry
voices in altercation.. bechak. Muddy, soft, sloppy, slushy, —of the
ground; a swampy place; the muddy part of
the road; Ht. Abd., 237, 336, 410; Pel. Abd.,
33; Sh. Sing. Terb., 49. Tidak hujan lagi
bechak inikan pula hujan: muddy enough even
when it is not raining, and now we have it
raining as well; bad enough at any time, but
now worse than ever; Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 95.
G~.. bechek. Jav. Slushy, muddy, a puddle;
used in Johor with the meaning of pounding,
mincing, mixing or otherwise softening food
for an infant to eat.,t. bechok. I. Bechang-bechok: the sound of
angry voices in altercation.
II. Ikan bechok: a fish, novacula rufa.
' bichu. A screw jack.
X beda. Skr. Distinction; difference. Sgkarang ini beda thrlalu: things are very different
now; Marsd. Gr., 21I. Beda-nya pergmpuwan
dengan laki-laki juga: women are different to
men; Ht. Ind. Meng.
Menmbedakan: to distinguish, to differentiate
between. M. bnar dan salah: to distinguish
truth from falsehood; Ht. Isk. Dz.
Perbedaan: difference, distinction; Pel. Abd.
-X, bida. I. An abbreviation of the proper name
Bidasari; Sh. Bid., 31.
II. An abbreviation of the word bidadari, a
nymph of Indra's heaven; Ht. Ind. Meng., 8.
III. A damsel about the court (pengasoh,
inang, dan bida); Sh. Sh. Al., 30.. bedar. A one-masted ship used as a state
parahu..,. bidor. A slab of tin weighing about 2* lbs.;
a rough mass of smelted tin.

Or., bidas. A blow given by an elastic or flexible
body when tension is suddenly removed.
Jfrat bidas: a snare, in which the victim's
movements release a spring which, in its
turn, tightens a noose.
Kayup embidas: the stakes used to close up
the entrance to an elephant trap.

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