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AKAN

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SaGONG.

akan. Approach to; motion towards; to; in
the direction of. Budak yang akan mengaji:
a boy who is going to begin to study. Surat
yang akan di-kirimkan: a letter which is going
to be sent. Tanam lalang ta'-akan tumbohpadi:
if you plant weeds you won't get padi; you
can't get figs from thistles; Prov.

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Akandaku: me; to me. Akandiya: him;
to him.
Akan-akan: approach to (especially in the
sense of resemblance); approximate resemblance. Tabt'at-nya akan-akan manusiya: his
ways resembled those of a man. Sa-akan and
sa-akan-akan: almost exactly like; close
resemblance.
Birakan: alike. Jiwa keduwa sudah berakan:
the two lives were as one; cf. beragan, s. v.
agan.
Mangakan: to treat in the same way; Sej.
Mal., 29.
> aku. The pronoun of the first person in
familiar language; I; me; myself; acknowledgment; admission; recognition as one's
own; taking the responsibility for anything
upon oneself. Orang yang berkhabar itupun
bukan-nya si-engkau si-aku: the man who
brought the news was not a person who could
be treated with scant ceremony (i. e., with
whom such expressions as aku and angkau
could be used); Ht. Abd., 433. Cf. sahaya,
hamba, gowa, beta, kita, kami, s'nda, taman,
bayu, dengan and dan.
A ku semuwa or aku sakaliyan: we all.
A kandaku: to me.
Akuwi and mtengaku: to admit; to acknowledge; to recognize or accept as one's own;
to admit or accept responsibility for. Daripada hari ini hamba akuwi anak-lah akan orang
muda: henceforward I accept (adopt) this
young man as my son. Di-mana-lah buleh
sghaya dapat orang mengaku: where can I get
a person to stand security? Ht. Abd., 244.
Tiyada aku mengaku akan diri-ku pandai: I do
not pose as a learned man; I do not admit
myself to be learned. Beraku-akuwan hcndak
menangkap Jaya Asmara: all undertaking to
capture Jaya Asmara; Ht. Jay. Asm.
Also ku, q. v.
i aki. To' aki: (Perak) grandfather; (Kedah)
~ ' to' wan.
\ igama and ugama. [Skr. dgama.] The
service of God; religion; Masok igama Islam:
admission to the Muhammadan religion.
Guru dalam igama: a teacher of religion... agut. Burong agut or burong agut-agut or
burong gut-gut: the name of a sea-bird
(unidentified).

agar. I. [Pers. and Hind.] In order that;
so that; Ht. Ism. Yat., og9.
Agarjangan: lest; Bint. Tim., i6Jan., I895.
II. Agar-agar: a kind of sea-weed (gracilaria
lichenoides), used for making jelly. The name
is also given to the jelly so made and (improperly) to another kind of jelly somewhat
resembling it.
agas. I. A sandfly; Ht. Gul. Bak., 8.
Di-ketip agas: bitten by a sandfly.
II. Tali agas: a rope suspended over the
bed of a woman in labour; after labour the
rope is put to various uses.
III. Lively, vivacious; = akas, q. v.
agus. I. Jav. Fair, handsome;=bagus.
In many cases, owing to the conditions
of Malay orthography, it is difficult to say
whether agus or agas III. is meant; see
Sh. Sg. Kanch., 6; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 8.
II. Eng. August; the month of August.
agong. Jav. Great; mighty; powerful;
dignified, stately. The word is also used of
ladies, apparently with the mere meaning of
beautiful. Bukan-nya orang negeri agong
tiyada-lah tahu akan chara behasa 'adat orang
agong-agong: he is not a native of a great
city, he does not understand the ways and
manners of the great; Ht. Sh.
Agong-agongan: beautiful, fair; Ht. Mar.
Mah., Ht. Koris, Ht. Mas. Ed.
Agong 'alam: a ruler of the world; a prince
of the earth; Ht. Koris.
A. negenri: the lord of the country; the
king.
Balairong agong: the great hall of audience;
Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Delima yang agong: lit., the great pomegranate-a simile for a woman's breast; Sh.
Peng., 2.
Layar a.: the mainsail.
Membawa a.: to attain the full bloom of
beauty-of a girl.
Meriyam a.: a double cannon; guns mounted
in pairs.
Pasiban a.: the great gangway of a palace;
Ht. Sg. Samb.
Tiyang a.: the mainmast; Ht. Hg. Tuw., 6.

Tukang a.: the chief petty officer in a native
perahu; J.S.A.S., III., 64.
Tupang a.: the standing jib.

/gong.

(Onom.) A gong; better gong, q. v.

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