A Malay-English dictionary,

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J. embat: a snare which combines the principle of the noose and spring; a wire spring
snare.
J. kawat:=j. gembat; Ht. Ind. Nata.
J. tanjol: a noose-snare for crabs.
Memasang j. or metnahanj.: to set snares.
Menjerat: to catch with a noose, to trap by
means of noose-snares; Sej. Mal., 25.
Je-rat is also used to describe the lasso used
in war by heroes of romance; Ht. Hamz., 64.
jr. jerit. I. Shrieking; the utterance of loud
piercing cries; Sh. Kamp. Boy., 4. Menjerit:
to utter such shrieks as a person in great fear
or pain. Maka Dewi Januwati pun menjerit
seraya menyebut-nyebut Betaira Kesna: the
Goddess Yajnawati shrieked and kept calling
on the Great Divinity Krishna; Ht. Sg. Samb.
Beljeritan: crying out; shrieking-of many
persons; Sh. K. G. T., 3, 5.
II. The painful sensation caused by a morsel
of food getting into the windpipe.?.. j6rut. Drawing a slip-knot or noose; closing
a bag the mouth of which is closed by a string
being drawn through an aperture.
js. jirjir. Arab. Olives; Ht. Pg. Ptg..>j>. j6r6jak. Thin perpendicular laths holding
together the atap or kajang portions of a wall
in a native house of the poorest type; plain
wooden bars in a window. Iron bars are
known (Straits Settlements) as tel (rail) jerejak.,j. jerang. The act or process of warming anything at a fire. Jerangkan: to do this act;
Ht. Koris.; Ht. Mar. Mah.; Sh. Lamp., I7;
Muj., 47, 49.
C jering. A medium-sized tree with brown
curled pods exhaling a nauseous odour,
pithecolobium lobatum; Ht. Abd., 24I; Pel.
Abd., 37.
J. balai: pithecolobium fasciculatum.
J. monyet: pithecolobiumt clypearia.
J. tupai: pithecolobium nmicrocaipumn.
Bertangkai jgring: (Kedah) to play the fool.

jy-. jSrangkang. The attitude of an animal lying
on its back with its paws in the air. Lalu
jatoh terjerangkang kaki empat: then it fell
over, paws in the air; Ht. Sg. Samb.; cf.
cheranggah, cheranchang, jeragah, jerangkah, etc.
jf - j rongkong. I. Knocked over; knocked on
one's back; knocked into the position described by the word jetrangkang, q. v.
II. Stumbling along; falling and rising.
III. Hantu jerongkong: an evil spirit possibly identical with the hantu bungkus (a spirit
of a man which moves about stumbling and
falling or rolling along in its grave-clothes),
but according to many the spirit of a man in
the form of a dog..~ ~ J~rungkau. Curving downwards, hanging in
a curve as branches hanging over a river or as
hair hanging over the face. Merungkau and
mnejerungkau: to hang in this way.
ijf jerangkah. Projecting upwards; sticking
up into the air as the spikes of a caltrop;
Ht. P. J. P.

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j6rengkah. Pendulous and large with milk,
of the breasts or udders. Merengkah and
mneljerengkah: to be in this condition.

Aij..-. jrongkah. Irregular, uneven, jagged, of a
mouthful of teeth. Cf. jongkah, jerangkah,
jerangkang, etc..>. jerap. Filtration or permeation through any
substance; saturation till drops collect and
fall.
Sorong kayu nasi di-tanak,
Mali tanak, tpfi kuwala;
Rendant sum1bu dalant inyak,
Sudah mtenjerrap beharu nzenyala:

I.ir j6rong. A kind of large man-eating shark;
the largest shark known to the Malays; the
ground shark; Sh. Ik. Trub., 4. Sha'ir anak
raja di-sambar jfrong: the title of a Malay
poem relating the adventures of a Malay
prince who was swallowed by a shark and
afterwards escaped out of its dead body.
s, jProngkis. Aslant; gradually becoming uprooted-of the buried end of a pile or stake
not sufficiently imbedded into the ground to
resist the leverage pressure exercised by the
current on the upper portion of the stake.

steep a wick in oil; when saturated it will
begin to burn.
L, jOropak. (Riau, Johor.) Metnjetrpak: to fall
over; also (Kedah) tnenjerezmpak.
' jerok. A generic name for fruits of the citron
class (usually liinau); a kind of pickle made
by salting these acid fruits-but not using
vinegar (see achar); pickling in salt and water;
the name given to the conduct of a man who
keeps his wife locked up in his house; Ht.
Koris.
J. china: Chinese pickles; Kam. Kech., 8..r. jbrkat. (Riau, Johor.) Unripe betel-nut;
(Kedah) pinang kachat.
4a j. j6r6kah. Angry or threatening movements
or gestures; menace by gesture rather than
by words; (by metaphor) severe cross-examination.

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