A Malay-English dictionary,

JiM [ 212 ] JAJA
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- The letter jim; the fifth letter of the Malay
alphabet; the symbol for the number 3 in the
A bjad, q. v.
>.>. jabat. The act of grasping, taking or holding
in the hand.
Jabatan: (I) the sense of touch; (2) duty,
occupation; profession. Masing-masing dengan jabatan berbuwat kerja: each laboured at
his own line of work; Sh. Bah. Sing., 6. Cf.
also Sh. Nas., 6, and Ht. Best. for this form,
but jawatan is more common, see s. v. jawat.
Berjabat tangan and mnenjabat tangan: to
clasp the hand (of another man, in salutation)
whether applied to the European practice of
shaking hands (Ht. Abd., 197); or to the
native form of greeting; (Ht. Ind. Nata; Ht.
Ind. Jaya; Ht. Gul. Bak., I34). Berjabat
salam is also used-in the former sense only.
Menjabat pekerjaan: to carry out one's work;
to perform one's duties; Sh. Nas., 6. Cf.
jawat and jambat... jabor. (Riau.) Utter mixture; extreme con' fusion; very much mixed up; cf. jabu and
champor.
yb.- jabu. (Kedah.) Rising in clouds; pouring
forth in quantities-of dust and light particles
of matter, e. g., when the wind blows down a
dusty street, or when carpets are beaten, or
clothes brushed. Petluru berjabu: gunpowder
smoke rising in volumes, as after continuous
volley firing; cf. abu and champor.
4\ jatoh. Accidental falling; to fall; to befall;
to occur; to descend by chance upon a place.
Jatoh bangun: falling and rising; stumbling
along. J. sakit: falling ill. J. dalam perniyagaan: failure in business. Sa-ekor tikus
yang jatoh ka-dalam gedong bgras: a mouse that
has stumbled into a rice-store; in one's element; in luck; Prov., Ht. Abd., 44. Belayar
dari Ruku jatoh ka-hujong tanah Balang: sailing from Ruku, he was borne over to Cape
Balang; Sej. Mal., 41. Jatoh hatiakanphrlmpuwan: to fall in love with a woman; Ht.
Zaly., 27. Jatoh di-atas tilam: to fall on a
mattrass; to be fortunate enough to get a
rich wife; Prov.
Jatohkan and menjatohkan: to let anything
fall; to drop anything. Menjatohkan diri: to
let oneself sink down anywhere, e. g., on the
floor (Ht. P. J. P.), or on a person's lap; Ht.
Sg. Samb.; Ht. Gul. Bak., 126.

Kejatohan bulan: the falling of the moon
(into one's lap)-an expression signifying great
and unexpected good fortune; Ht. Bakht., 92;
Sh. A. R. S. J., 29; Cr. Gr., 79; Ht. Gul.
Bak., ii; Ht. Sh. Mard.; Ht. Perb. Jay.
Serambi jatoh: a sort of verandah attached to
a Malay house, so called because the floor of
this verandah is rather lower than the flooring
of the main portion of the house. Tiyang
serambi jatoh: the pillars supporting this
verandah on its outer side.
jati. True; real; exact; pure. Orang
Melayu jati: a real Malay; a man of pure
Malay descent. Timorj.: due East. Raja
yang j.: a true king; a sovereign of truly
royal descent and dignity; Sh. A. R. S. J.,
Io; Sh. Jub. Mal., 7. Lanang j.: a true
man; a man of courage; Ht. Sh. Hamba
yang j.: a born slave; Sh. Bur. Pung., 14.
'Amal yang j.: true service to God; Sh.
I. M. P., 9.
Kambing j.: a goat, in contradistinction to
kambing biri-biri, a sheep; Sh. Si Lemb., 27.
Kui sangkakan daging yang jati,
Rupa-nya daging berchampor hardm:
I thought it true (lawful) meat, it seems to be
meat mixed up with unclean food; Ht. Koris.
Sa-jati: quite pure, altogether real. Bukan
laki-laki sa-jati: he is no true man in all
respects; Sh. Panj. Sg.
Kayu jati: teak, tectonia grandis; Ht. Ind.
Meng.; Sh. B. A. M., I2; Sh. Ch. Ber., 7.
jaja. Hawking goods for sale; offering them
for sale from door to door, as distinct from
selling them in a regular shop. Berjaja: to
be a hawker. Orang yang berkedai dan berjaja:
shop-keepers and hawkers; Pel. Abd., 36.
Yang berjaja menjunjong bakul-nya: the
hawkers carried their baskets on their heads;
Ht. Ind. Meng.
Menjaja: to hawk goods about. M. berteriyak: to hawk goods about, crying out their
character so as to inform housewives; Ht.
Abd., 434.
Penjaja: a hawker. P. apam: an itinerant
cake-seller; Ht. Gul. Bak., 122.

Also jajah.

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