A Malay-English dictionary,

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BIDANG

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BIYAR

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I. bidang. I. Spacious; spreading; broad; extensive; covering a wide surface; a descriptive
prefix or numeral coefficient before the names
of objects such as sails, mats, awnings, etc.,
which cover a large surface when spread out.
Dada-nya bidang: broad-chested; Ht. Abd.,
86, 328; Ht. Sg. Samb. Kub.; Sh. Bid., 2I.
Sh. Ik. Ter., 2; Ht. Sh. Bahu-nya bidang:
broad-shouldered; Ht. Raj. Sul., 8. Sa-bidang
kajang: a kajang, or awning of mengkuwang
leaf; Pel. Abd., 8.
Pembidang or (more usually) ptmidang: a
frame on which cloth is stretched for
embroidery.
II. A palm cabbage; palm shoots; coco-nut
cabbage.,J.! bedak. Division into shares; partition into
equal parts.
L3JJb bedek. Membedek: to look at anything
through one eye only, the other being closed,
as when a man aims a gun or looks through
a telescope; to aim. Kita berkelip sama sama
bedek: we blinked, closing our eyes together;
Sh. Panj. Sg..jlj.. baiduri. [Skr. vaidurya.] A generic name
for cat's-eyes, opals and other gems of
secondary value; Cr. Gr., 83; Ht. Ind. Nata;
Ht. Jay. Lengg.; Ht. Ism. Yat., etc.
B. bhtud: an opal the lustre of which varies
in intensity and colour as the position of the
gem is changed.
B. bulan: an opal of which the centre of
lustre seems fixed.
B. olong: a yellow opal.
B. pandan: a sea-green stone.
Chongkak b.: a shell; cyprcea caput serpentis.
S-L. bidai. I. A long narrow strip of rattan such
as is used in making mats or native blinds;
"chicks," blinds. Permaisuri pun mgmbukakan bidai: the queen lifted up the blinds; Ht.
Koris. Bidai panchalogamt: blinds where
beads and narrow cylinders of many-coloured
glass take the place of strips of rattan; Ht.
Ind. Meng.,L4. bidak.

[Arab.,ao.. ] A pawn at chess.

Balong b.: an evil spirit supposed to live in
rivers and to have the form of an open mat
in which it envelopes and drowns its victims;
C. and S.
Ular b., ular balong b., ular balam b., or ular
gulong b. the name of a very venomous thin
and long sea-snake. Ular bidai datang membelit dayong segala raja-raja: the sea-snakes
came and wound round the oars of the
princes; Ht. Koris.
Barbidai-bidai: in long thin stripes, as the
livid marks on a boy's back after a severe
caning.
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Buwang b.: giving the odds of a pawn.

J.Lj bidok. I. A small fishing boat able to carry
five or six men; Sh. Si Lemb.
Kutu b.: the small beetles that infest the
lockers and lower timbers of ill-kept boats.
II. A protuberance of skin on the necks or
under the ears or eyes of animals, if such a
protuberance is not the result of disease but
is congenital.

11. t InuLrcane, - ucaaal; riju.

jj. bidal. I.
didal, lidal
jari only.

[Port. dedal.] A thimble. Also
and sarong jari. In Kedah sarong
In Selangor lidal.

II. A proverbial saying; a dictum of some
wise man of the past which has been handed
down from generation to generation.
0. bidan. [Skr. widwdn.] A midwife; Sej.
Mal., 64. Jikalau beranak ikut kata bidan: in
a confinement it is well to obey the midwife;
when in difficulties, listen to the voice of
experience; Prov., J. S. A. S., XXIV., 103.
Beranak tiyada berbidan: to be confined without a midwife; painful folly; Prov., Ht. Gul.
Bak., 30.
Balas b.: a festival or reception held forty
days after the birth of a child.
P~nempah b.: the retaining fee given to a
midwife to secure the use of her services
when required.
Upah b.: the fee paid to a midwife for her
services. Also upah beranak.

III. The goal or "house" in some games
played by Malay children.
j bedza. [Skr. beda.] Differentiation, distinguishing between; v. beda.
j bira. A name given to a number of aroids;
better birah, q. v.
A biyar. I. Permitting; allowing; letting; not
hindering. The word is also used idiomatically
in the sense of "may," "no matter if."
Biyar puteh tulang jangan puteh mata: no
matter though you die, do not allow yourself
to be put to shame; Prov. Biyar burok kain
di-pakai asal pandai mengambil hati: let him
wear old clothes if he chooses, so long as he is
skilful in winning the hearts of men; Prov.
Biyarkan: to permit, to allow. Di-biyarkannya barang kehendak-nya: anything he wished
was allowed him; Ht. Abd., 477.
II. Chaching biyar-biyar: intestinal worms.
Biyar-biyar naik ka-mata: the worms get at
last to the eyes; a play on the word biyar, to
allow; i. e. allow one thing and allow another
and you are ruined in the end; Prov., see
J. S. A. S., XXIV., Ioo.

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