A Malay-English dictionary,

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dairah. Arab. District; the outlying or
country tracts in a State. Negeri Singapura
serta dairah tglok rantau jajahan-nya: the town
of Singapore with its outlying country tracts,
its shores and its dependencies; Ht. Abd., 224.

VrY dayus. [Arab. Alyp.]

A cuckold, a

coward; v. 6Ya.
daing. I. Dried fish; preserved dry and
very salt fish. Minta darah pda da ing: to
ask dry fish for blood; to try to get blood
from a stone; Prov., J. S. A. S., XXIV., 117.
Daing sepat: a variety of this preparation;
Ht. Abd., 313.
II. A Bugis title of distinction; Ht. Abd.,
456.
dayang. A young girl; a damsel; a maid of
honour. A wang dan dayang: boys and girls;
youths and maidens;-often appealed to at
the beginning of a poem (virginibus puerisque
canto); Sh. May., 2; Sh. Dag., 4. Cf. also
J. S. A. S., VIII., 113.

Linggisan d.: the long pole elevated above
the side of a boat and made fast to the tholepins.
Pant d.: to pull an oar, C. and S.
Sorong d.: to back water. There is also a
tune of this name played to accompany battlescenes in a wayang.
Tarek d.: (Penang) to pull an oar.
Tulang d.: the scapula or shoulder-blade.
Berdayong: to row; Ht. Abd., 221, 287.
MeAndayongkan: to propel by rowing; Ht.
Abd., II3.
Orang pedayong: an oarsman; Ht. Raj.
Don., 72.
3a!- daik. An important Malay settlement or
town in Lingga, at one time the headquarters of the Malay Sultans who ruled over
the Southern portion of the Peninsula; Ht.
Abd., I90.
it\ dayak. Orang dayak: the name given by
Malays to the non-Malay inhabitants of
Borneo.
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if\ daim. Arab. Eternal, enduring.
y\J dayu. A crooning sound; a low moaning,
rumbling or humming sound; the crooning
of a nurse to a child; the rumbling of thunder
in the distance.
Mendayu-dayu: to rumble (of distant thunder),
Sh. Bur. Pungg., i; Ht. Sh.; Ht. Gh.; to
croon a lullaby; Sh. Bur. Pungg., I8; Sh.
Nasih., 13.
IMendaykan: to lull to sleep or to quiet; Sh.
Kumb. Chumb., 5.

Dayang-dayang: Court
dayang-dayang: a Court
honour; Sej. Mal., 77.

damsels. Sa-orang
damsel, a maid of

Pendayang: a young woman-but with a
suggestion of bad character. Hai pendayang,
puwas-lah sudah gerangan engkau mteipu:
woman, are you tired of deceit? Ht. Gul.
Bak., 21.
dayong. An oar; a breast-fin of a fish.
lMemakai dayong-dayong: the use of oars;
Ht. Abd., 230.
D. batang: long sweeps, in two pieces which
are lashed together.
D. burit: a stern oar.
D. gebeng: an oar the blade of which is
nailed on the shaft.
D. golek: an oar of European type.
D. haluwan: the bow oar.
D. keling: the suit "spades" in playingcards.
D. kibas: a broad-bladed oar.
D. mayong: all kinds of oars; all kinds of
rowing.
D. mgerpati sa-kawan: oars with white blades,
-used in a raja's boat and producing a pretty
effect when rising and falling in time.
D. perninggang: the oars about the middle
of a boat.
D. tudong belanga: tongkang oars with round
blades nailed on to the shafts. These oars
are so called from the shape of the blade.
A nak d. the oarsmen; the rowers.
Batang d.: the shaft or handle of an oar.
Daun d.: the blade of an oar.

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dayah. Pers. A wetnurse.
dobba'. Arab. A gourd, a cucumber, a
pumpkin.

7rAl dibij. Pers. A brocade or flowered cloth.
Kain yang bernata dibdj: the cloth called
dibdj; Ht. Isk. Dz..v. debar. The beating or throbbing of the heart,
-especially in reference to the influence of
great fear or excitement. Bgrdebar-dMbar.lah
rasa hati-nya: he felt his heart throb violently:
Ht. Gul. Bak., 49; cf. also Ht. Abd., 36, 45,
282, etc.;, d6bor or d6bur. Onom. The sound of a
heavy mass falling into deep water, or any
similar sound. Cf. labor and chebor.,.- dubor. [Arab. dubur.] The buttocks. Also
(more commonly) jubor.

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