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StNGAM

songgeng. I. Depicting; picturing flowers
or other objects by way of ornament on a
vase or other surface. B~rsonggeng ayer mas:
with a pattern in gold paint; Ht. Sh.
II. Putting tobacco between the lips and
teeth and working it up into a little quid.
sanggup. Acknowledging, accepting responsibility for; Ht. Best. Jikalau enche' anu
lani atau tiyada sanggzup nmimbayar wang itu:
if Mr. So-and-so runs away or no one accepts
responsibility for the payment. Pa' sanggup:
a man who acknowledges himself the father
of a child conceived out of wedlock, e. g., a
man who marries a woman already with
child declaring the child to be his own.
s.nggok. Nodding with sleep or weariness;
waving the head from side to side.
Senggokkan: to seize a boy or man by the
scruff of the neck and knock his head against
a wall or table. Di-pegang nya kepala budak
itu di-senggok-senggok di-tanah: he seized the
boy's head and kept banging it on the floor;
Ht. Best.
sanggul. The binding up or dressing of the
hair; the coils or masses of plaited hair on a
woman's head. S. terlepas: dishevelled haircoils; Sh. Peng., 15. Jika peermpuwan ditaroh pada bawah sanggul-nya: in the case of
a woman, if (the charm is) placed under her
head-dress; Muj., 39.
Merak anggok-anggok
Anggok di-atas kota,
Bragerak zhujong sauggul
Naik seri imuka:
when the loose end of her braided hair
trembles new beauties arise in her face; Cr.
Hist. Ind. Arch., II., 48.
The different ways of arranging the hair
have different names, e. g., sanggul lintang
sangkut, s. lintang lipat pandan, s. bulat, s.
kelong, etc.
Chuchok s.: hair-pins.
singgul. A blow with the side of the head.
Cf. sigong, siku, senggut, etc.
sanggam. Borrowing articles or implements
for temporary use, in contradistinction to
money loans.
sanggamara. See sangga.
sanggan. A metal bowl with a rough milled
edge.
singgan. Until, as far as; a variant of singga,

sa-hingga, etc.
sanggu. (Kedah.) A fine kind of sea-weed
(agar-agar) used in making jelly; (Riau,
Johor) sangu.

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s6nggau. Rising on one's toes and clutching
at anything (but not springing at it); quietly
seizing; surreptitiously putting out one's
hand and pilfering while the owner is looking
the other way.
s6nggugut. A discharge from the uterus;
a generic name for a number of diseases in
women classified according to the appearance
of the discharge. S. bangkai, s. bunga, and
s. kulit: varieties of this class of diseases.
s6nggugu. A small prawn from which
belachan is made.
s6nggulong. A peculiar millipede that rolls
itself up into a ball when touched.
singgah. Touching at, stopping at; (of a
ship) putting into a port on its way to another
port; (of a man) to break a journey by
stopping anywhere. Singgah-lah iya di-tanah
Keling di-negeri Nagor: he broke his journey
by residence in India at the town of Nagore;
Ht. Abd., 7.
Singgah metnyinggah: continually stopping
at places, as a pedlar hawking goods from
house to house.
Singgahi: to break a journey, to make a
stop, to touch anywhere; Sh. Sri Ben., 35.
Persinggahan bumi: a measure of length
often met with in old romances, possibly a
paiasang (Pers. farsang); Ht. Sh. Kub.; Ht.
Hamz., 58; Ht. Gul. Bak., 24, 65. Pcrsinggahan is also used of a rest house or temporary
place of abode on a journey; Ht. Perb. Jaya;
Ht. Ind. Jaya. The kindred word pasangge'raha is the Javanese and more common
form of this word..jL 6L singgahsana. [Skr. sinhdsana.]
dais; a variant of singgasana, q. v.

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sngal. Rheumatic or gouty twinges of pain.
sanglir. Sanglir sari: a name given to a
padi-spirit (possibly Senri), and (in old
romances) used as a term of endearment; Ht.
Mas Ed.

5 gsangling.
metal.

Jav. Menyangling:

to polish

ilV sanglong. Miscarriage, premature bearing,
in animals; v. sanglok.

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sanglok. (Kedah.) Premature bearing;
miscarriage, in animals; = gugor, of human
beings. Sanglong according to Maxwell.
The k is pronounced.

a s6ngam. Menyengamn: to guzzle, to eat huge
quantities, to eat gluttonously; Kl., v. d. W.
In Kedah makan sergngam.

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