A Malay-English dictionary,

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).. begal. Highway robbery. Membegal: to
commit highway robbery. Pembegal: a highway robber.
j. bela. Atonement by blood; blood-offering;
sacrifice (especially suicide) by way of propitiation or revenge; suttee. Kalau orang
menbunoh hambna raja tujoh orang akan belanya: if a man kills a retainer of the prince,
seven lives are taken in return; Pel. Abd., 22.
Jangan-lah tuwan mnngikut bela karena tiyada
'ddat orang pkrawan bela: do not commit
suttee; it is not customary for maidens to
sacrifice themselves in that way; Ht. Sh.
Bela suduk: (in Bali) suttee by the khris. B.
keterjunan: suttee by merely burning without
stabbing.
Membelai: to follow to the grave by selfimmolation. Mahu-kah tuwan megmbelai kmnatiyan kakanda: do you wish to follow your
lover in death; Ht. Perb. Wij.
L> bila. I. Time; a period of time. Apa b.:
at what time; when (interrogative).
Barang b.: at whatever time; whenever.
Bila-bila: the times when; the dates of; Ht.
Abd., 88o.
Bila-kala: when; at the time at which; Ht.
Ind. Jaya.
Bila-mana: whenever; Ht. Zaly., 52.
II. Orang b.: the name of an aboriginal
tribe of the Malay Peninsula; Ht. Mar. Mah.
Also wila.
belut. Desertion to the enemy. Hamba ada
belut dari dalam kota: I am working in your
interests from within the fort (in a traitor's
letter to the enemy); Sej. Mal., 84.
Takut kapitan China itu belut: fear lest the
headman of the Chinese should go over to
the enemy; Pel. Abd., 64.
Knris b.: a bent crooked keris.
Cf. belok.. bilar. The infirmity of a man who cannot
see things as well if ahead of him as by a
sidelong glance; a form of bad sight.
AL bilor. A blue streak or stripe on the flesh;
a weal; the result of a blow from a rattan;
Ht. Abd., 24.,. bilas. I. A sort of second washing; washing
in fresh or scented water after a thorough

bath in inferior water. Sa-talah sudah brrsiram
maka di-bilas-nya pula dengan ayer mawar:
when he had washed himself, he bathed himself afresh in rose water; Ht. Ind. Meng.
II. = bilis, II., q. v.

BELEK
[j bilis. I. Ikan bilis. A fish (unidentified).
II. Blear-eyed; watery-eyed; a running in
the eyes.
III. To take up a good position in a game;
to find a good foothold for striking at a ball.
IV. Rumput bilis jantan: a sedge, cyperus
haspan.
b bilang. Reckoning; numbering; telling; enumeration; recounting. Bintang di-langit dapat
di-bilang: they can number the stars in the
sky; Marsd. Gr., 211.
Sa-bilang: each, every. Sa-bilang hari: every
day; Sh. Abd. Mk., 71; Sh. Sg. Kanch., 2.
Sa-bilang malam: every night; Sh. Kumb.
Chumb., II. Sa-bilang rumah: every house;
Ht. Sh. Sa-bilang waktu: all times; always.
Bilangan: (I) enumeration, method of reckoning (Ht. Abd., 384); (2) a complete period or
term; the allotted span of life. Also, ajal
bilangan. Belumn sampai kapada bilangan-nya
akan mati: the fated term had not yet been
arrived at for his death; Ht. Sg. Samb. Yang
bilangan: one who must be reckoned with; a
person of importance; = terbilang, Ht. Sh.
Kub.
Bilangi: to make a count; to hold a census;
to work out a total; to number; Ht. Sh.
Me'mbilangi: id.
Bilangkan: to take account of; to consider;
Ht. Abd. Membilangkan: id. Tiyada mcmbilangkan lawan-nya: (literally) to take no
account of enemies; recklessness; a spirit of
recklessness; Ht. Sg. Samb; Cr. Gr., 78.
Me'nbilang: to count; to enumerate; to
number.
Membilang-bilang: to keep continually counting, as a devotee fumbles the beads of his
rosary or as an astrologer keeps working out
his calculations; Ht. Gul. Bak., 3.
Perbilangan: enumeration; Ht. Raj. Sul., 25.
Terbilang: famous; of account; well known;
Ht. Abd., 47, 52, 153.
jL. belak. To open out folds or creases, to hold
them open-so that they would close again if
the hold was removed-as distinct from
smoothing them out.

$J belek. The close ocular examination of anything held in the hand near the eye-as a
watchmaker looks at the works of a watch.
Cf. tilek, which refers to careful survey from
a greater distance.
Belek-belek lihat: to look carefully at anything; Ht. Abd., I37.

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