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6rang. Mengerang: to groan with pain.
Kena sengat sembilang karang,
Siyang rmalam dudok mengerang:
if you are stung by the sembilang karang (a
fish), day and night you will be sitting and
groaning.
The form herang is also found.
6reng. The vulture; a bird known in the
northern Malay States only. Ada bangkai
ada-lah ereng: where there is a carcase there
will also be vultures; Prov.
Also he'reng, reng, and nokreng.
arip. I. Jav. Sleepy; weighed down by
sleep. Arip sangat mata kakanda: my eyes
are heavy with sleep; Ht. Koris.
II. [Arab. -J\s. ] Knowing; wise.
arpus. [Derivation?] Catgut; the material
of which fiddle strings are made.
arak. I. [Arab. -. ] Arrack; spirits; distilled liquors generally. Bekas berisi arak dan
darah: a vessel filled with spirits and blood;
Ht. Abd., 3o1. Also Sh. Bid., 95.
II. Processional progress; bearing or marching in procession; carrying about in triumph.
Di-arak-lah di-atas kereta: he was borne in
procession on a carriage.
A rak-arakan: processional. Gendang arakarakan: a drum used in processions; a drum
of a portable character; Sh. Sri Ben., 87.
Berarak: following one after another as in a
procession. Saperti awan berarak: like driving clouds; Ht. Sg. Samb.; Sej. Mal., 38.
Berarak-arakan: in continual succession;
berarak, but more frequentative.
Mengarak: to walk in a procession; to walk
after anything at a regular interval as in a
procession. Saperti bintang timor mengarak
akan siyang: as the evening star follows upon
daylight; Ht. Sh. Kub. Mengarak naga: to
go in procession bearing an artificial dragonof a Chinese procession; Sh. Jub. Mal., I2.
Sekarang adinda baginda hendak me-ngarak
kapada Indera Nata: now the Queen will go
in procession to (the house of) Indra Nata;
Ht. Ind. Nata.
Pemarakan (Sh. Panj. Sg.) and perarakan:
a processional car or emblem. Maka perarakan itu-pun mengarak sendiri-nya berjalan: the
processional car travelled automatically along
with the procession; Ht. Sh. Kub. Segala
bunyi-bunyiyan yang di-atas perarakan itu-pun
di-palu orang: all the musical instruments on
the processional car were beaten by the band;
Ht. Sg. Samb.

Perarakan berjentera: a processional car, the
top or cupola of which revolves horizontally
round a pivot; Sh. Put. Ak., 13; Sh. Bid., 84.
Cars of this description are occasionally seen
in kudu processions in Singapore.

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arik. Arab. Sleeplessness; insomnia.
arok. A sort of war-dance, said to be of Bugis
origin, and danced as an act of fealty or
homage before a reigning sovereign. Mengarok: to dance this dance.
arka. Arab. Weak; enfeebled.
arakiyan. Furthermore; moreover; thus;
then.
This word is a compound of ara II. and kiyan,
q.v., but is usually pronounced arkiyan. It is
used at the commencement of a paragraph or
sentence.
arga. Skr. Price; value; = herga, q. v.
organ. Eng. A concertina; an accordeon.
aral. [Arab. cd.] An obstacle; a misfortune; a difficulty which stands in the way of
progress. Suwatu pun tidak aral melintang:
there is absolutely no obstacle across the
path; Sh. Bid., I20. Jikalau tiyada aral
gendala: if there is no unfortunate obstacle;
Sh. Ik. Trub., 6.
urlit. An ear pendant with a metallic tassel.
orlong. A land measurement; = 20 jumbas
(linear) or 400 jumbas (square measurement).
A square orlong is about i* acre.
Also (Kedah) relong.
orlop. A nautical term; orlop.
orloji. Eur. A watch; a clock. Also horloji.
aram. I. Suspicion; feelings of watchful
mistrust or hostility.
Bulan terang, terang temaranm,
Hantu berjalan laki-bini;
Jangan tuwan di-aram-aram,
Sehaya tidak lanma di-sini:
do not look upon me with suspicion; I do not
intend to stay here long.
II. Aram-tenmarazm: dimmed in lustre; half
lustrous only-as a clouded moon. Bulan pun
aramn-te'maram saperti belas akan orang yang berchreai: the moon's face was clouded as though
in pity at the parting (of the lovers); Ht. Perb.
Jay.
The forms terang-te'maram and terang temarang
are also found.

III. Aramn-aram: a temporary and easily
moveable light lean-to, such as is used by a
road coolie for protection against the sun
while doing his work.
IV. Mangaram: = menge'ran; v. next word.

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